Woman Quits CEO Life After Hashimoto's Says 'Burnout Not Worth Baldness'
KEY POINTS
- â˘Alex Taylor became president and editor-in-chief of Clique and led top media brands by age 29, working 7am to 7pm and answering emails at midnight.
- â˘Her 2016 diagnosis of Hashimoto's autoimmune disease, linked partly to extreme work stress, prompted her to step down and change careers while pregnant.
- â˘She co-founded Perelel, a women's health supplement brand launched in September 2020 during the pandemic, and manages motherhood and business with meditation and a Brick phone.
Alex Taylor skyrocketed to president and editor-in-chief of Clique at just 29, bossing Who What Wear, Byrdie, and MyDomaine while answering midnight emails like a caffeinated vampire. But by 2016, her superpower transformed: hair started pulling an exit, brain fog moved in like a bad roommate, and her fingers inflamed as if auditioning for a crimson horror movie. Diagnosed with Hashimoto's autoimmune disease (thanks, chronic work stress!), she pivoted fast and landed a gig leading Free People Movement while seven months pregnant, proving multitasking is a trap for thyroid criminals. Post-baby, she launched Perelel, a womenâs supplement brand fighting prenatal confusion caused by doctors dishing contradictory vitamin adviceâbecause what's more fun than sorting pills like Tetris blocks during a pandemic startup? Raising two kids in LA with a film-crew partner frequently AWOL, Alex now meditates, reads fiction to stop optimizing herself, and uses the notoriously un-fun Brick phone to escape work-Slack-bath-time hellâbecause even stress relief deserves good branding.
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(1 of 3)When your job revokes your thyroid and your inbox refuses to respect bedtimes, you start a vitamin company instead. Stress: 1, Taylor: 0, Supplements: 1.
She quit her CEO throne only after her immune system decided it was done playing nice. Who knew corporate hustle revolved around organ sabotage?
Leading major media brands by day, autoimmune nightmare by nightâAlex Taylor's health is the real CEO calling the shots.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/18/2026 | Author: Aditi Bharade
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