New Enterprise Associates with support from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and an expansion to three new locations. The Series A funding came to $8 million. By November 2017, the club had around 1,500 members. That month, The Wing launched the magazine No Man's Land and also raised $32 million in a series B funding round, led by WeWork. By December 2017, The Wing had a second location in New York's Soho. In 2013, Politico listed Gelman as one of its 50 Politicos to Watch. In the December 2014 issue of Forbes, Gelman was named one of its 30 Under 30: Corporate Climbers, and was previously named in the magazine's 30 Under 30: Law and Policy list. In 2017, Fast Company named Gelman to their Most Creative People in Business list. In December 2017, she was listed in a TechCrunch feature on 42 women succeeding in tech. Gelman endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In 2019, Gelman was featured on the cover of Inc. magazine, marking the first time a visibly pregnant woman appeared on the cover of a business magazine. In June 2020, after complaints about how The Wing failed to address racist behavior of its members and an employee walkout, Gelman resigned from her position as CEO. In April 2022, Gelman opened The Six Bells ("a new old country store") in Brooklyn. On August 31, 2022, the Wing shut down permanently. Personal life Gelman dated photographer Terry Richardson from 2011 until 2013. In April 2016, she married Genius co-founder Ilan Zechory in Detroit. Their first child was born on September 24, 2019. She is a childhood friend of Lena Dunham; they both went on to attend Oberlin College. Dunham has stated that Gelman is the inspiration for the Girls character Marnie. See also List of New York University alumni References Further reading Living people American political consultants Businesspeople from New York City Place of birth missing (living people) New York University alumni New York (state) Democrats 20th-century American Jews 1987 births 21st-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesswomen 21st-century American Jews 20th-century American women