What’s Next for Toms, the $400 Million For-Profit Built on Karmic Capital

When he founded Toms, Blake Mycoskie reinvented the idea of a company that does well while doing good. So what’s next for him? Doing that again.

Blake MycoskieOff-site link. is the most relaxed intense person you will ever meet. Two days after this year’s Academy Awards, Mycoskie sits in his world-bazaar-flavored office, one leg hooked over the arm of a chair, sipping sparkling water and munching almonds from Whole Foods. He seems recovered from the Oscar parties (Vanity Fair, InStyle) and ill-timed caffeine cleanseOff-site link. that left him yawning in meetings the previous day. At the ceremonies, his company, the virtuous shoe business TomsOff-site link., took home what amounts to the statue for Best Publicity. During the broadcast, AT&T debuted an ad extolling Toms’ growthOff-site link. and ethos of givingOff-site link.. And Abraham Attah–the 15-year-old co-star ofBeasts of No Nation–turned up for his presenter’s gig shod in a pair of the company’s signature alpargata slip-onsOff-site link., made specially for him from embroidered black velvet.

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