Kyle Hency
Kyle Hency is an entrepreneur, leader and team builder with a successful 15+ year career building, advising, and investing in direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands and e-commerce enablement technologies.
Before founding GoodDay, Kyle was one of the co-founders and long-time CEO of Chubbies Shorts, an early DTC brand innovator in Shopify’s ecosystem. Under his leadership, Chubbies grew to very significant scale & profitability, ultimately successfully exiting to Solo Stove in 2021. He also co-founded and is an active board member at Loop Returns and advises several e-commerce enablement technologies.
Kyle is a father of three and lives in hill country outside of Austin, TX and is an avid Austin FC fan. He attended Stanford University and was captain of the men’s soccer team.
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