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A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Brian attended Princeton University. After graduation, he moved to San Francisco to join Bain & Company. After a stint at the Bridgespan Group, Bain’s nonprofit spin-off, Brian moved on to private equity at Parthenon Capital, working both in Boston and later back in San Franicsco. He spent two years doing deals at Parthenon before joining the management team of Accumed, an Austin-based Parthenon portfolio company. So how did this private equity guy become a pants designer?

In 2005, Brian moved from Texas back to California to get at MBA at Stanford GSB, where visions of entrepreneurial success danced in all the students’ eyes, and where he met Andy. While many of his classmates plotted to change the world via Web 2.0 or clean technology, Brian worked on his pants project, eventually making some samples and a modest production run. Then a curious thing happened – 90% of the guys who tried on the ‘Spaly pants’ wanted to buy them, often buying multiple pairs. Bonobos was born.

Since then, a company formed around the concept of awesome fitting pants in every style imaginable with no pricey retail markup. Brian and Andy worked together to build a company around the idea during the summer of ’07. They were having so much fun that Andy decided to become the full-time CEO and move the company to Manhattan , launching the online store in October. Brian remains focused on product design, striving to pull together an exciting and comprehensive line of men’s pants.

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