James Monsees

James Monsees is an American businessman, and the co-founder (with Adam Bowen) and former chief product officer of Juul Labs, an electronic cigarette company.

James Monsees
Nationality	American
Education	Kenyon College Stanford University
Known for	Co-founder, Juul Labs
Title	Chief product officer, Juul

Monsees is an alumnus of Whitfield School in St. Louis, Missouri.^[1]

Monsees earned a BA in Physics and Studio Art from Kenyon College, followed by an MS in Product Design from Stanford University.^[2]

In December 2018, following Altria taking a 35% stake in Juul, Monsees's net worth increased from an estimated $730 million to more than $1.1 billion.^[3] After subsequent write-downs of the value of Juul, Forbes no longer considers Monsees a billionaire.^[4]

In March 2020, Monsees announced to his employees that he is stepping down as adviser and board member of Juul.^[5][6]

References

1. "News Post". www.whitfieldschool.org.
2. "Executive Profile: James Monsees". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
3. Chaykowski, Kathleen. "New Altria Deal Makes Juul Cofounders Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
4. "Forbes profile: James Monsees". Forbes. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
5. "Juul Co-Founder Monsees steps down as adviser, board member". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
6. Lyons, Kim (2020-03-12). "Juul co-founder James Monsees plans to leave the company". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-04-08.