Biography of Michael Dubin

Michael Dubin is an American YouTuber-turned-entrepreneur known as the co-founder of the razor company, Dollar Shave Club . The company delivers male grooming kits through a subscription-based business model. At the time of the company’s sale in July 2016, it was reportedly worth $1 billion.

Michael worked for NBC, MSNBC and Time Inc. before starting his own company.

Michael, in his early forties, graduated from Emory College in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduation, Michael moved to New York and spent his time working as a news writer and producer for broadcast giants like NBC and later, MSNBC.

After two years, Dubin found her calling in digital media and marketing. He worked in marketing for Time Inc., creating content for brands like Nike, Gatorade, and Nintendo. He also created YouTube video ads for Ford, Capital One and Gillette.

Michael founded Dollar Shaving Club with a partner, Mark Levine

Michael transitioned from working for other companies to starting his own business when the idea for an affordable razor blade supplier came up in 2010. He and his future business partner, Mark Levine, came up with the idea at a dinner party. Levine, who was a manufacturer, was familiar with a supplier of cheap razor blades, and Dubin, who was an established brand and marketing expert, decided to start a subscription razor blade company, and Dollar Shave Club was born.

Michael went from starting Dollar Shave Club with $45,000 to being the CEO of the billion dollar company.

Dollar Shave Club, based in Venice, California, grew from a passion project to an industry giant, providing a cheap alternative to products like Gillette and Schick. Most of their influx of subscribers can be attributed to the viral marketing video, ‘Our Blades Are F*** En g Excellent.’

After the video went viral on social media, orders reached thousands, and the company’s website crashed within the first hour due to a massive influx of traffic.

Within a year, the company gained more than 200,000 new subscribers and grew to employ more than 30 employees. The company went from selling just razor blades to supplying additional grooming products like baby wipes, shaving butter, and moisturizers.

His company received financial backing of more than $9.8 million from Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Venrock, with an additional $1 million in seed funding. The company was also financed by firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz, Shasta Ventures, among others.

In 2015, the company also started supplying hair care products. The client base also expanded from simply serving an all-male clientele to 20% female clients.

When the company was sold to Unilever in July 2016, it was reportedly worth a billion dollars.

Michael stays out of the public eye

It’s pretty amazing that someone with so much charisma and flair for the theatrical remains a relative mystery in real life. He isn’t on Instagram, and since he resigned from his position at Dollar Shave Club, he hasn’t been seen much. According to sources, Michael is single at the moment.