Josh Luber

Joshua Eliot "Josh" Luber (born February 18, 1978) is an American entrepreneur and sneaker collector who co-founded StockX, the stock market for things.^[2][3] Luber worked for IBM when he founded Campless, a "sneakerhead data" company that tracked the secondary market for sneaker sales.^{[video 1]} Campless then morphed into StockX, which is an online marketplace for high-end product resale.^[4][5]

Josh Luber
Born	(1978-02-18) February 18, 1978 (age 47)[1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Emory University (BA, MBA, JD)
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Known for	Fanatics Collectibles, StockX, Campless
Children	One daughter, one son

Luber is an expert on the sneaker resale market, and has applied that knowledge to the broader secondary market for luxury goods, a $6 billion global industry.^[6] Originally from Philadelphia, Luber is a graduate of Emory University, from which he holds a Bachelors, a M.B.A., and a J.D.^[2][7]

StockX was jointly founded by Dan Gilbert, Greg Schwartz, Josh Luber and Chris Kaufman in 2015, with an emphasis on the sneaker resale market.^[8][9] Until mid-2019, Luber was the CEO of StockX. However, he stepped down from that role upon raising a Series C, $110 million round of venture capital funding at a $1 Billion valuation for the company.^[10]

After leaving StockX, he co-founded Fanatics Collectibles, a subsidiary of Fanatics, with Michael Rubin. Operating as Chief Vision Officer, Luber secured exclusive trading card manufacturing and distribution rights from MLB, MLBPA, NBA, NBPA and NFLPA,^[11][12][13] raised $350 million in funding at a $10.4 billion dollar valuation,^[14] and oversaw the acquisition of Topps.^[15]

Personal life

Luber lives with his wife and one daughter and one son in Birmingham, Michigan.^[16]