Hypebeast

HYPEBEAST
Type of site
 Digital Media
Owner HYPEBEAST Limited
Website https://www.hypebeast.com
Commercial Yes
Launched 2005[1]

Hypebeast Limited (stylized HYPEBEAST Limited) is a digital media and e-commerce company based in Hong Kong. Founded as a sneaker culture blog by Kevin Ma in 2005,[2][3][4][5] Hypebeast has built a core offering of sneaker and fashion-focused digital media oriented towards youth and young adults.

Editions

Its media properties include men’s fashion and lifestyle website Hypebeast, which has regional offshoots in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean, female streetwear website Hypebae, children's streetwear website Hypekids, Chinese-language women’s high fashion website Popbee, and quarterly print publication HYPEBEAST Magazine. Other operating arms include the HBX e-commerce platform and global creative studio Hypemaker.

Public stock offering

On April 11 2016, Hypebeast Limited filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), which is specifically designed for emerging companies.[6][7][8] The company is currently valued at US$270 million.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Kevin Ma Interview Fashionista 2015/12
  2. ↑ "How 'Hypebeast' Became Much More Than a Sneaker Blog". Fashionista. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Fast Talk: How This “Sneakerhead” Built A Major Online Magazine". Fast Company. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. ↑ "He's domain man". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. ↑ "HYPEBEAST Founder Kevin Ma On Innovation, Learning, And Hong Kong". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  6. ↑ "Lifestyle Blog Hypebeast Soars 708% in Record Asia Debut". Bloomberg.com. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Hypebeast's Record-breaking IPO Debut Shines A Light On The Booming Streetwear Market". Fashionista. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  8. ↑ "News Bites | Hypebeast Launches Hypekids". The Business of Fashion. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  9. ↑ "Hypebeast Files for IPO". The Business of Fashion. 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

See also

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