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Maximilian Kislevitz

Co - Founder
Bala

Max Kislevitz is the Cofounder of Bala, a Los Angeles-based movement company. Max and his fellow cofounder / eventual wife shipped the first 75,000 units of their now infamous Bala Bangles from their garage before appearing on Shark Tank, where they secured an investment from Mark Cuban and Maria Sharapova. Bala has since been featured in the likes of Forbes, The New York Times, Esquire and was dubbed one of "The 17 Items That Defined 2020" by Vogue.

Prior to Bala, Max worked in Business Development at best-in-class advertising agencies on marquee brands including Google, Netflix and the NFL.

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