Paul Budnitz

PAUL BUDNITZ is an American entrepreneur, artist, designer, filmmaker, photographer, author, and database programmer. He has founded over a dozen companies including the world’s top animated celebrity & synthetic media brand Superplastic, art toy brand Kidrobot, luxury bicycle manufacturer Budnitz Bicycles, and Ello, the social network for creators. Budnitz’ designs appear in permanent collection of MoMA, and his films have won awards worldwide. He wrote backend software that runs most of his companies, is the author of four books, and lectures on creativity worldwide. Budnitz studied art Yale University and lives in Burlington, Vermont.