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Purple Appoints Former Walmart Exec as Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO

(Jan. 12, 2021) Purple Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRPL) (“Purple”), the leader in comfort innovation and the creator of the renowned Purple® Mattress, appoints Anthony Carbone to Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO.

Carbone is an entrepreneurial and innovative technology leader with a proven track record of achievement in corporate strategy, strategic planning, product management, sales channels & operations, financial modeling, and strategic partnerships. He joins Purple from Walmart eCommerce where he was most recently the Head of Strategic Marketplace Partnerships & Business Development, Partner Acquisition. Carbone managed the business development team focused on acquiring strategic partners for Walmart’s Marketplace & DSV platforms. Prior to Walmart, he led enterprise strategic planning, business development, and sales at PNY Technologies and was VP, Marketing and Corporate & Business Development at Fastor Systems. Carbone has held strategic leadership roles at Sandisk, Allianz Global Investors, J.P. Morgan, and Hitachi. He was also a captain in the US Army.

Carbone holds a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA in Business Administration and Management from Harvard Business School.

ON Partners consultant Marc Gasperino is proud to have partnered with Purple and Anthony Carbone on this successful placement. View more of ON’s recent success in placing executives in key leadership roles here.

About Purple
Purple is an innovative comfort product company that designs and manufactures products to improve people’s lives. It designs and manufactures a range of comfort products, including mattresses, pillows, and cushions, using its patented Purple Grid™ material designed to improve comfort. The Company markets and sells its products through its direct-to-consumer online channel, traditional retail partners, and third party online retailers. For more information on Purple, visit purplecom.wpengine.com.

About ON Partners
ON Partners propels an organization’s mission by building C-level and board leadership teams. Founded in 2006 by like-minded consultants as a values-driven alternative to the multi-service global firms they were leaving behind, ON delivers a better executive search experience. Named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms and to the Inc. 500/5000 Lists seven times, the firm is consistently ranked among the top 20 retained executive search firms in the U.S.