About Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is a direct-to-consumer, outdoor gear, and apparel company with a social-focused mission of eradicating extreme poverty. Every piece of gear is tied to a humanitarian cause in the world’s poorest countries. Every pack provides between one and three weeks of education to a child, the sale of a water bottle provides six months of clean water, and all apparel is tied to health-related projects. Cotopaxi's aim is to help the world's poorest of the poor and to provide transparency by showing the exact impact of donations.
It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Open positions (3)
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$77.1M
Last stage
Series B
Investors
Founders
Davis Smith
Social entrepreneur who founded Cotopaxi in 2014. Holds an MBA from Wharton and MA from University of Pennsylvania. EY Entrepreneur of the Year and Utah Businessperson of the Year 2022. Stepped down as CEO in 2023 to serve a church mission in Brazil.
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Stephan Jacob
Wharton business school classmate of Davis Smith. Previously sold his own business before co-founding Cotopaxi. Served as COO, CTO, and Chief Global Officer as the company scaled.
LinkedInCJ Whittaker
One of Cotopaxi's three co-founders; part of the founding team that helped design the company's first bags and jackets.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.