Entrepreneur in Residence, Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT
Kit Hickey is an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT and is the co-founder of Ministry of Supply.
While a student at MIT, Kit co-founded Ministry of Supply. Infusing technology into fabric development and through advanced manufacturing processes, Ministry of Supply invented a new category of clothing: performance professional. The company has been featured in the NY Times, Fast Company, Elle Magazine and on the TODAY Show. While at the company, Kit built and led numerous high performing teams. Passionate about how people experience new products, Kit was instrumental in building and leading the customer experience team, implementing the company’s consumer-centric design approach and spearheading the company’s expansion into retail.
Prior to Ministry of Supply, Kit started a nonprofit which helped entrepreneurs in emerging markets gain access to financing. The nonprofit merged with BiD Network, a Netherlands-based company with a similar mission. Before that, she was in investment banking, where she advised early-stage companies raise Series A and Series B funding.
Kit loves mountains and dogs.