Diego Berdakin

Diego Berdakin is a Los Angeles-based Internet entrepreneur and University of Southern California professor. He founded the social commerce company BeachMint along with Myspace co-founder Josh Berman, which later was acquired by Condé Nast to form The Lucky Group. Berdakin is also a notable investor in several technology companies.

Berdakin was born and raised in Los Angeles by his Argentinian parents. At the age of thirteen, he enrolled in a C/C++ programming class at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelors of science in political science.

Berdakin began his post collegiate career at Slingshot Labs, the digital research and development arm of News Corp., as the Executive Vice President. In this role, Diego built standalone companies for Myspace, Fox and The Wall Street Journal.

In 2010, Berdakin and Josh Berman teamed up to create the social commerce company BeachMint. Based in Santa Monica, BeachMint attracted the fashion and design talents of celebrities such as Kate Bosworth,Rachel Bilson, the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Justin Timberlake and jeweler Philip Crangi. In 2014, Conde Nast acquired majority ownership of BeachMint and then merged with Lucky magazine to form The Lucky Group. He was a founding partner at FabFitFun,Re/Done, iEscrow, and Weaving Capital.

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