Clean Skincare· Waitsfield, Vermont, USA · Updated 14 May 2026
Oliver Sweatman
Oliver Sweatman co-founded Ursa Major with his wife Emily Doyle in 2010, bringing a former CEO background (Sharps Compliance) to the operations side of one of the longest-running independent clean unisex skincare brands.
"Independent for over a decade is the harder achievement."
— Oliver Sweatman
Background
Before Ursa Major, Sweatman led Sharps Compliance as CEO. He co-founded Ursa Major with Doyle in 2010 in Vermont.
He has run the operations and finance side of the company through 15+ years of independent growth — rare among 2010s clean-skincare brands, most of which have either been acquired or wound down.
Philosophy
Independence is a strategy, not an accident.
Multi-channel distribution beats monoculture DTC.
Career timeline
- Pre-2010CEO, Sharps Compliance
- 2010Co-founds Ursa Major
Press & appearances
Ursa Major's Long Independent Run
featureBeauty Independent
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