# Nick Benavides

> Nick Benavides is the cofounder and CEO of Everywhere Apparel, a Los Angeles materials-science company that turns cotton waste into 100% recycled, GRS-certified blank apparel through its CirCot process - no water, no dyes, no microplastics. A Stanford religious-studies grad who went from Bain to helping start the trading app Robinhood, he pivoted from finance to fashion after he and two co-founders, frustrated by the lack of genuinely sustainable band merch for their indie record label, decided to build the supply chain themselves. Everywhere now produces recycled garments for artists like Chappell Roan, Paramore, Wilco and Dead & Co., and was named Counselor's 2025 Sustainability Advocate of the Year.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Everywhere Apparel
- **Organizations:** Everywhere Apparel, Robinhood (early team / Chronos Research), AT2 Aerospace, HOMHOMHOM
- **From:** Redmond, Washington, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A., Religious Studies (Philosophy & Religion), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Cofounded and leads Everywhere Apparel, a venture-backed materials-science company manufacturing 100% recycled cotton apparel, Helped create CirCot, a proprietary mechanical recycling process for GRS-certified recycled cotton that uses no water, dyes, bleaches or synthetics in fiber production, Part of the early founding team of Robinhood (originally Chronos Research)

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Graduates Stanford with a B.A. in Religious Studies; joins Bain & Company as an associate consultant
- **2009** — Founds Dropship Dharma
- **2011** — Cofounds Chronos Research with two college friends - the venture that becomes the trading app Robinhood - serving as COO through 2015
- **2013** — Business development / sales at Optimizely
- **2019** — Cofounds Everywhere Apparel with Maxwell Citron and Irys Kornbluth as CEO
- **2022** — Everywhere launches a B2B net-terms payment platform with Balance and rolls out CirCot recycled-cotton blanks
- **2024** — Joins AT2 Aerospace as a board member
- **2025** — Everywhere named Counselor's Sustainability Advocate of the Year

## Achievements

- Cofounded and leads Everywhere Apparel, a venture-backed materials-science company manufacturing 100% recycled cotton apparel
- Helped create CirCot, a proprietary mechanical recycling process for GRS-certified recycled cotton that uses no water, dyes, bleaches or synthetics in fiber production
- Part of the early founding team of Robinhood (originally Chronos Research)
- Built a closed-loop apparel supply chain with all knit, cut and sew operations in Los Angeles
- Everywhere named Counselor's 2025 Sustainability Advocate of the Year
- Recycled excess tour merchandise for artists including Paramore, and supplies recycled apparel to Chappell Roan, Wilco and Dead & Co.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Everywhere Apparel recognized as Counselor's Sustainability Advocate of the Year
- **2024-04** — Joined the board of AT2 Aerospace

## Links

- Website: https://everywhereapparel.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nbbenavides
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nickavides
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXFxcD2TdKo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everywhere

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Last updated: 2026-06-21