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Late Tuesday, the former CEO and co-founder of the women-focused work space The Wingshared the happy news on her instagram Storyin a photo snapped while she was cheering on her favorite team, the Mets, as they took on the Washington Nationals at Citi Field in New York City.
This will be her second child for the 35-year-old businesswoman and her husband, Genius co-founder Ilan Zechory,whom she married in 2016.
The two also have a son, Sidney Allen Zechory, who was born in September 2019.
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While expecting her first child, Gelman made history as thefirst visibly pregnant CEOto appear on the cover of a business magazine. She did a cover story forInc.’s Female Founder issue, in which she discussed her co-working space The Wing and managing an all-female executive team.
In the piece, Gelman noted the significance of seeing pregnant women in the workplace. She told theTodayshow at the time, “You can’t be what you can’t see, so I think it’s so important for women to see that it’s possible to run a fast-growing businessand also to start a family.”
“My hope is that women see this and again feel the confidence to take greater professional risks while also not shelving their dreams of becoming a mother and starting a family,” she added.
Gelman — who was a former press aide for Hillary Clinton — has since resigned from The Wing, leaving in 2020 amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and accusations of a toxic workplace.
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In July, she toldVanity Fair, “It’s clear that there was a gap between the values we expressed publicly at The Wing and the day-to-day experiences our employees had working at the company. Many of those complaints were centered around race, andI deeply regret the experiencesthese employees had at The Wing, and that they weren’t addressed appropriately. As the CEO at the time, the buck stopped with me and I take full accountability.”
The soon-to-be mother of two now owns an antique shop, The Six Bells, in Brooklyn, New York,which she’s described on its website as"a country store of homewares that come from a little world far away."
“Physically we’re in Brooklyn; emotionally we’re in the countryside,” she said.
source: people.com
