About
I am the CEO of Threadless, a community-based design company with an ongoing open-call for design submissions from visual artists worldwide. The Threadless community of over 1.5 million members vote to determine which designs become Threadless t-shirts and other products. A poster child of the “crowdsourcing” trend, Threadless was named by Inc. Magazine as “the most innovative small company in America.”
In addition to Threadless, I am on the board of directors of Smule (a leading developer of mobile music applications like Ocarina, I Am-T-Pain, and Magic Piano) and Trunk Club (a clothing service for guys). I’m also an angel investor in various digital media and entertainment ventures.
Prior to Threadless, I spent a decade as an entrepreneur and executive in the digital music business. I oversaw EMI Music’s global digital business and I worked at Virgin Mobile USA, eMusic, and Cductive (a pioneering mp3 music retailer that I founded and sold to eMusic).
I’m a New Yorker living in Chicago with my wife Anjannette and our French bulldogs Lola and Sergio. Aside from the intersection of the arts and technology, my interests include foreign languages, electronic music, international travel and hoppy American craft beer. Occasionally, I dust off my records and perform as DJ White Chocolate. I hold an AB from Dartmouth College and an MBA from INSEAD in France.
