Bradford Shane Shellhammer was born on 1976 and is an American entrepreneur, designer, and tech executive who co-founded the e-commerce companies Fab and Bezar and the blog Queerty.
13 Facts About Bradford Shellhammer
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In 2016 Bradford Shellhammer served as eBay's Chief Curator and later went one to become Vice President of Buyer Experience and the Chief Product Officer of Reverb.
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Bradford Shellhammer attended high school in Anne Arundel County and went on to study at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, where he earned a bachelor's in communications and media studies in 1998.
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Later, Bradford Shellhammer received an associate degree in fashion design from Parsons School of Design.
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In 1999, Bradford Shellhammer met Jason Goldberg, with whom he would later become business partners, at Roxy NYC.
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Bradford Shellhammer worked part-time at Design Within Reach as a freelancer.
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Bradford Shellhammer agreed to sign onto the project, and in February 2011, the company's name was shortened to Fab.
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Bradford Shellhammer remains a stakeholder in and advisor to Fab.
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In 2014, Bradford Shellhammer became the chief design officer for the retailer Backcountry.
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In 2016, Bradford Shellhammer was brought onto the executive team at eBay to serve as chief curation and merchandising officer.
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In March 2013, Bradford Shellhammer married partner Georgi Dimitrov Balinov, an investment banker at Barclays and a graduate of New York University.
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Bradford Shellhammer maintained a home in Sparrow Bush, New York and later Stuyvesant, New York.
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Bradford Shellhammer is a noted art collector and was reported to have a number of Andy Warhol and Keith Haring pieces in his possession in 2017.