Andy Dunn

Contributor

Andy Dunn cofounded the ecommerce-driven menswear brand Bonobos in 2007 and served as CEO through its 2017 acquisition by Walmart. As an angel investor and through his venture capital firm, Red Swan, Dunn has backed more than eighty startups, including Warby Parker, Oscar, and Coinbase. Dunn serves on the boards of Monica + Andy, an organic baby-apparel company founded by his sister, and the tech nonprofit Raised By Us.

He is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Retail 2022-05-10T13:51:18Z

I have bipolar disorder and built Bonobos while keeping it a secret. Here's my advice to leaders who also have mental illness.

Andy Dunn writes about how he balances life as a leader and life with mental illness — and how he's learning to let his team in.

Retail 2022-05-08T11:43:00Z

Andy Dunn in front of a Bonobos storefront with a colored overlay

I built Bonobos into a major brand — while secretly harboring a mental illness that nearly cost me everything

Andy Dunn recounts how the severe bipolar disorder he hid from everyone both fueled and threatened his company, his relationships, and his life.

Andy Dunn

I have bipolar disorder and built Bonobos while keeping it a secret. Here's my advice to leaders who also have mental illness.

I built Bonobos into a major brand — while secretly harboring a mental illness that nearly cost me everything

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