Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskie was born in Texas, United States on August 26th, 1976 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 47, Blake Mycoskie biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Blake Mycoskie (born August 26, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist.
He is the designer of Toms Shoes (also known as TOMS Shoes).
Early life and education
Mycoskie was born in Arlington, Texas, to Mike Mycoskie, an orthopaedic surgeon, and Pam Mycoskie, an author. He graduated from St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin in 1995 after first attending Arlington Martin High School. Mycoskie, who began playing tennis at the age of ten, earned a dual degree in philosophy and business at Southern Methodist University in 1995. Mycoskie left SMU and started EZ Laundry, which effectively ended his tennis career, after suffering an Achilles tendon injury as a sophomore. EZ Laundry began serving three universities and generating nearly $1 million in revenue, despite being focused on SMU, which had no on-campus dry cleaning service. In 1999, Mycoskie sold the company to his partner.
Personal life
Mycoskie lives in Jackson, Wyoming. Heather Lang, his ex-wife, was divorced in 2020. They have one son, Summit, and one daughter, Charlie. Wubetu Shimelash, a young boy from Ethiopia, also needs financial assistance from Mycoskie. He has been Shimelash's financial benefactor, funding his education.
Mycoskie is a lifelong golfer, fly fisherman, surfer, and adventure seeker who likes rock climbing and polo. He is an investor at Urban Golf Performance and Athletic Brewing Company, and he has been a member of the Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant.
Career
Mycoskie Media, an outdoor billboard firm that concentrated mainly on selling country music, relocated to Nashville after college. The company was quickly profitable and was purchased by Clear Channel nine months after it was announced.
Mycoskie and his sister, Paige Mycoskie, applied for the cast of Survivor in 2001. The Survivor production team told them about The Amazing Race, which had yet to debut, but they instead concentrated on a team role on the program. They finished third in third place in the second season of The Amazing Race, losing a million dollar draw by four minutes. Mycoskie moved to Los Angeles later this year.
Mycoskie, a founder of E!, co-founded Reality Central in Los Angeles. Entertainment Television is a cable television network. The network, which earned $25 million from venture capitalists, as well as other members of reality show casts, launched in 2003 with a commitment to airing original content and re-runs of reality television. Although the network had moderate success, it fell in 2005 after Rupert Murdoch launched the Fox Reality Channel and outlawed Reality Central for advertisers and programming. Mycoskie joined forces with the founders of TrafficSchool.com to create DriversEd Direct, an online driver education program that also offered behind-the-wheel instruction in hybrid and sport utility vehicles. Closer Marketing Group, a Santa Monica-based marketing company specializing in brand design and viral marketing, was founded to promote DriversEdDirect.
In 2006, Mycoskie visited Argentina on vacation. When he was there, he encountered an American woman who was a member of a volunteer group that sold shoes to children in need. Mycoskie spent many days with the company, as well as on his own. In a 2011 Business Insider article, he wrote, "I saw] the deep pockets of poverty just outside the burgeoning capital." "It immediately raised my curiosity." Yes, I knew poor children around the world often went barefoot, but for the first time, I saw the true effects of being shoeless: the blisters, the sores, and the infections."
Mycoskie was inspired by his experiences in the United States and founded Shoes for Better Tomorrows. The company, which was established as a for-profit company that would bring new shoes to homeless children, will sell a new pair of shoes for every pair of shoes sold. The shoes, which were similar to the Argentinian Alpargata, were created to appeal to a worldwide audience and bring both the company's mission and income. Shoes for a Better Tomorrow, which was later reduced to Toms, was established in 2006; by 2013, the company had donated more than ten million pairs of shoes to people in need. The shoes are available in more than 1000 stores around the world.
In 2011, Toms extended its eyeglasses to include eyeglasses in its "one for one" program: For every pair of sunglasses purchased, sight-saving medical care, prescription glasses, or surgery, every pair of sunglasses is donated to a person in need. Though Mycoskie conceived the idea, the Seva Foundation, a "Sight Giving Partner," was contracted to oversee the actual program, which was launched in Nepal, Tibet, and Cambodia. Mycoskie said it was helpful to work with Seva in a 2012 interview with Fast Company. "I've been there since (people have) had surgery)"... and I've changed the glasses." However, as Toms grows, it will need to be less about "What is Blake's most personal, joyful experience?"and more about 'What's the great need?'"
In 2011, Mycoskie published the book Start Something That Matters. He wrote about the virtues of social entrepreneurship and the concept of companies using their profits and company assets to make charitable contributions or engage in other charitable causes, citing his Toms experience to show both the tangible and real returns. Mycoskie promised to give a children's book to a child in need for every copy of Start Something That Matters. The majority of royalties from the book were then used to provide grants to up-and-coming entrepreneurs, and Mycoskie increased the number to 100% in late 2012. The book was a best-selling business book by the New York Times and a number one New York Times best-seller in the advice category.
Mycoskie also introduced Toms Roasting Co., a company that sells coffee from direct trade efforts in Rwanda, Honduras, Peru, Guatemala, and Malawi at SXSW 2014. For every bag of coffee sold, Toms Roasting Co. would donate a week of water to people in need in developing countries. Mycoskie revealed in 2014 that Toms would introduce a new "one for a one" product every year.
Mycoskie sold half of the Toms to Bain Capital in August 2014, while keeping his position as Chief Shoe Giver. "We've had amazing success in eight short years, but we need a strategic partner who can help us realize it." He will donate half of the proceeds from the auction to create a fund that identifies and promotes social entrepreneurship as well as other causes. Bain has pledged to match Mycoskie's donation to the fund and will continue the one for one business model.
Madefor, Mycoskie, and Pat Dossett, introduced a wellness service in March 2020. It is a subscription-based program that assists users in adopting healthy habits of body and mind, as well as encouraging lifestyle changes. The kits are based on a variety of scientific topics and include literature as well as a physical scale to track user change in behaviour and attitude.
Awards and honors
- Cannes LionHeart Award, 2016
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Next Generation Award, April 9, 2015
- USA Today, "Five Best Communicators In The World" 2013
- ISPA Humanitarian Award (2013)
- Fortune "40 Under 40" (2011)
- ABC News Person of the Week (2011)
- Secretary of State's Award of Corporate Excellence (2009)
- Bloomberg Businessweek "America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs" (2008)
- People "Heroes Among Us" (2007)
- People's Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (2007)