Greg Selkoe
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Greg Selkoe | |
|---|---|
| Education | Master's degree |
| Alma mater | Rollins College Harvard Kennedy School |
| Occupation | CEO of XSET |
| Years active | 2000-present |
Greg Selkoe is an American entrepreneur and founder of XSET. He previously founded the streetwear e-commerce company Karmaloop and served as the president of FaZe Clan.
Early life and education[edit]
Selkoe is the son of Dennis J. Selkoe and Polly Selko and grew up in Jamaica Plain.[1] He was expelled from The Park School and attended other public and private schools before graduation from a boarding school.[2] He went to attend Rollins College in Florida where he earned a Bachelor of Arts before returning to Boston in 1996.[1] He also earned a master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.[3]
Career[edit]
Selkoe launched Karmaloop in 2000 while still working as an urban planner with the Boston Redevelopment Authority.[4] It began as a streetwear e-commerce company and grew into brick and mortar store opened in Boston in 2005.[5] The company was sold to Shiekh Shoes in 2016.[6]
In 2015, Greg partnered with Paul Judge and Cedric Rogers in June to create Curateurs, a new website devoted to exclusive men’s fashion items. Curateurs then evolved into Looklive, a startup that sold the apparel seen on TV shows. In 2016, Looklive announced an investment from Y Combinator and the launch of the Looklive app.
In 2017, Selkoe launched Wanderset.com, a men's fashion brand website.[7] The same year, he became the president of FaZe Clan in 2017, working for the company until he left in 2020. He cited his reason for leaving as the male-centric culture of gaming which did not reflect racial and gender diversity.[8] He went on to found XSET where he works as the company's CEO.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Slade, Rachel (28 July 2018). "Greg Selkoe's Bad Karma". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Bristout, Ralph. "Respect the Hustle: Greg Selkoe, CEO and Founder of Karmaloop Read More: Respect the Hustle: Greg Selkoe, CEO and Founder of Karmaloop". XXL. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Tiffany, Kaitlyn (23 December 2019). "Why Kids Online Are Chasing 'Clout'". The Atlantic.
- ^ Chaston, Ian (2009). Entrepreneurial Management in Small Firms. ISBN 9781446242582.
- ^ Wells, Tina (2011). Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right. Wiley. ISBN 9781118061664.
- ^ Conti, Kathleen (23 March 2016). "Karmaloop acquired by California retailer". Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Espinoza, Joshua. "Karmaloop Founder Greg Selkoe Launches New Men's Online Shopping Destination, Wanderset". Complex. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Lorenz, Taylor; Browning, Kellen (16 July 2020). "FaZe Clan President Departs: 'It's Time for Gaming to Clean Up Its Act'". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Beer, Jeff (1 October 2021). "New content series 'Gaming While Black' aims to spotlight creators of color". Fast Company. Retrieved 30 October 2021.