Chad Horstman

Chad Horstman (born in 1978) is an American ecommerce entrepreneur who resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.[1][2] He is the co-founder of Yandy.com, which he started in his garage with brother Evan Horstman before selling the company to private equity firm SPK Capital and then ultimately Playboy Enterprises.[3][4][5] Horstman is currently working on three online ventures including, 3Wishes Lingerie, an online lingerie store, Greensupply, a PPE provider and Basketballnews.com, a stat focused NBA news site.[2][6]

Chad Horstman
Born1978 (age 42–43)
Alma materArizona State University
Websitehttps://www.3wishes.com

Horstman is the creator of various “sexy” Halloween costumes and is often credited as the person that started the trend of making pop culture events into “sexy” costumes.[1][2][7][8] Some of his creations include Sexy Ken Bone, the famous undecided voter in the 2016 Presidential election, Sexy Pizza Rat & Sexy Pizza which was featured by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show,[9] Sexy Big Bird after Mitt Romney threatened to cut funding to PBS and #The Dress, after the viral blue and white dress image where people saw different colors.[10]

Horstman graduated from Arizona State University[3]

References
  1. Gustafson, Krystina. "Meet the man behind those sexy Halloween costumes". www.cnbc.com. CNBC. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. Hurd, Thomas. "Meet the man behind those sexy Halloween costumes". www.maxim.com. Maxim Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. White, Kaila. "Phoenix lingerie and costume company makes 'sexy' Ken Bone costume". www.azcentral.com. AZ Central. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. "Monroe Capital Provides $24.5 Million Credit Facility to Consumer Products Retail Company". www.monroecap.com. Monroe Capital. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  5. Fuller, Melynda. "Playboy Enterprises Restructures Under PEI Holdings". www.mediapost.com. MediaPost. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  6. "How Green Supply Pivoted from CBD Oil to KN95 Masks and Hand Sanitizer During the Pandemic". www.ibtimes.com. International Business Times. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  7. Stampler, Laura. "The Definitive History of Sexy Halloween Costumes". time.com. Time Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  8. Winick, Kate. "Meet the Man Who Made Your Halloween Sexy". www.elle.com/. Elle Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  9. "Sexy Halloween Costumes Clip". www.cc.com. The Daily Show with John Stewart. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  10. McFarland, Kevin. "Meet the People Behind the Inevitable Sexy Ken Bone Costume". www.wired.com. Wired Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2020.


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