Benjamin Kapelushnik |
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Born |
(1999-10-14) October 14, 1999 [1] Brooklyn, New York, Us |
Other names |
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Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Awards | Shorty Awards finalist (2018) |
Website |
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Benjamin Kapelushnik
(born October 14, 1999), also known as
Benjamin Kickz
or the
Sneaker Don, is an American entrepreneur and sneaker reseller.[2]
[3]
[4]
At sixteen-years-old, Kapelushnik amassed nearly US$1 1000000 in sales through his self-made sneaker business organisation and attracted high-profile clients such as DJ Khaled and Odell Beckham Jr.[5]
[6]
In 2016, Kapelushnik was included in
Fortune‘s “18 Under 18” list and
The
Guardian‘s “teen ability list.”[seven]
[eight]
Early life and career
[edit]
Kapelushnik was built-in in Brooklyn, New York[9]
and grew up in Miami, Florida. He is the son of Russian immigrants.[10]
Kapelushnik attended Fort Lauderdale High School but was later homeschooled. Kapelushnik first gained an interest in sneakers after his mother purchased him a pair of Nikes in middle schoolhouse. Before long after, Kapelushnik used some of his bar-mitzvah money to buy additional sneakers and began consulting sneaker magazines and the sneaker resale market.[ten]
Using the profit from some of his initial sales and from his parents, Kapelushnik began to buy shoes in bulk, including 85 pairs of Air Jordan 1s.[11]
[12]
According to Kapelushnik, he managed to find friends with contacts to Nike and Adidas, oft referred to as “plugs,” and formed a partnership with an out-of-country sneaker store in order to acquire sneakers before their release engagement.[13]
In 2014, Kapelushnik’s reselling business gained momentum when a customer introduced him to tape producer DJ Khaled.[eleven]
Kapelushnik began a close human relationship with Khaled and is frequently featured on Khaled’s Snapchat.[10]
[eleven]
After meeting Khaled, Kapelushnik’s clientele went on to include a number of prominent rappers, athletes, and celebrities, including Drake, Travis Scott, Floyd Mayweather, Kevin Hart and others.[11]
[14]
Kapelushnik best-selling that P. Diddy is his biggest customer.[15]
In an interview with
New York
magazine, Kapelushnik noted that he planned on signing up for a reality Goggle box bear witness and that he desired to open up his own brick and mortar stores.[2]
[ten]
Kapelushnik has been featured on
Complex,[13]
Corking Big Story,[16]
Endmost Bell,
[17]
Business Insider,
[xv]
[xviii]
The Daily Bear witness,
[19]
[xx]
and CNN.[21]
In 2018, Kapelushnik appeared on an episode of
Almost Expensivest,
hosted past rapper 2 Chainz.[22]
[23]
Kapelushnik was a finalist for the 10th annual Shorty Awards for the All-time in Fashion category.[24]
[25]
Kapelushnik is signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners.[26]
In 2020, Kapelushnik released a single titled “Let You Become,” featuring Gunna.[27]
[28]
New Year’due south Eve atmospherics
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On January vii, 2021, Kapelushnik was arrested for strongarm robbery, a 2d-degree felony, according to the Miami-Dade Country Attorney’due south Office.[29]
[thirty]
Prosecutors allege that on New year’s day’s Eve, Kapelushnik and his entourage were in the anteroom of the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.[31]
In the vestibule, Kapelushnik and his entourage allegedly accused a xix-year-old male of taking of a picture of Kapelushnik without his consent.[30]
The man denied taking the photo, and Kapelushnik allegedly grabbed the telephone from the man’s hand, so a member of Kapelushnik’s entourage allegedly attacked the man.[31]
[29]
Prosecutors said that the man was punched and kicked in the head and afterwards required hospitalization and surgery.[32]
State Chaser Katherine Fernandez Rundle stated on Twitter: “Cyberspace fame or celebrity grants no one the correct to violate the law. The actions that put a boyfriend in the hospitals are crimes, plain and simple. The accumulated evidence, in one case placed earlier our criminal court, will make that signal clear.”[32]
Records show that Kapelushnik submitted his $seven,500 bond.[32]
Post-obit the incident, Kapelushnik entered a diversion program for start-fourth dimension offenders. His charges will exist dropped if he completes the program.[33]
A yr afterwards the altercation, a member of Kapelushnik’s entourage was arrested in connexion to the incident in Indianapolis on a fugitive warrant. The human being is charged with aggravated battery and potent-arm robbery and is awaiting extradition to Miami-Dade.[33]
Personal life
[edit]
Kapelushnik has a younger brother who he features on his social media. Kapelushnik keeps kosher. His father is a real-estate banker and his mother is a stay-at-home parent.[10]
Kapelushnik was reportedly evicted from his luxury apartment edifice at Ten Thousand in Los Angeles over claims of unpaid rent.[34]
See also
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- Hashemite kingdom of jordan Geller – American sneaker collector
- Sneaker collecting
- StockX – Online marketplace primarily dealing with sneakers
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Further reading
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Smith, Nicholas (May 2018).
Kicks: The Bang-up American Story of Sneakers. New York: Crown. ISBN978-0-451-49811-3. OCLC 1000251158.
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Tatum, Alfred W., ed. (Baronial 28, 2019). “Texts, Entrepreneurship, and Identities: Cultural Capital and Cultural Capitalism”.
Journal of Adolescent & Developed Literacy. Wiley-Blackwell.
63
(2): 229–233. doi:ten.1002/jaal.998. ISSN 1081-3004.
External links
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Official website
- Benjamin Kapelushnik’due south channel on YouTube
- Benjamin Kapelushnik at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Kapelushnik