PAUL BUDNITZ

Paul Budnitz is president and founder of Kidrobot, the world's premier creator of art toys, fashion apparel and accessories. After discovering Asia’s bourgeoning pop-art vinyl toy scene, Budnitz founded Kidrobot in 2002 and moved the company from California to New York City the following year in the spring of 2010 Kidrobot relocated to Boulder, Colorado. He has art directed virtually every Kidrobot product since the company’s inception, and designed Dunny & MUNNY, Kidrobot’s signature platform toys, as well as each Kidrobot retail store. Several toys Paul designed are now part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2006, Budnitz authored I AM PLASTIC: The Designer Toy Explosion, published by Harry Abrams Press. He frequently speaks on business innovation and creativity at conferences worldwide, and blogs at paulbudnitz.com. Budnitz lives in Boulder, Colorado, and owns 80 pairs of size 13 sneakers.