Antonio Brown, who is now the CEO of LVL XIII (pronounced “Level 13”) — a luxury footwear and apparel line. He went this direction after being laid off in his former accountant role at a luxury doll manufacturer, the Alexander Doll Company. He started the company by simply googling, “how to create a sneaker brand.”
To date – his luxury brand signed a $1.5 million deal with Zhu Jiang, owner of Décor Apparel, which is the leading manufacturer of apparel and accessories in the world and also has current partnerships & clients such as SAKS Fifth Avenue,Nike, Target, Zara, Cole Haan, Converse, GAP, and many more. That deal also includes financial backing by international pop star and fashion icon, Jason Derulo (who has also made headlines as the brand’s ambassador).
On top of this, he is an ACTIVE philanthropist! We would love for you to highlight him and/or his brands in any stories that you are working on!
Currently, the apparel is sold nationally in both Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom. The brand is geared towards the affluent fashion male consumer between the age of 17-35 with an income in excess of $100K.
On top of having LVL XIII, Brown is also founding executive director of the nonprofit organization, Dream Of Humanity, Inc. In this role, Brown designs entrepreneurship programs that disrupt traditional business school models by providing hands-on entrepreneurial training and wraparound supports to young people from economically disadvantaged communities.
His Small Business Entrepreneurship Program, licensed by The Art Institutes, is now a required course in all of the nonprofit institution’s degree programs. Program resources will reach 30,000historically underrepresented students in 30 colleges nationwide in 2018-2019, cultivating thousands of small business owners with access to incubator program capital to fund their dreams.
