Michael Acton
Founder of Calm
Michael Acton
Founder of Calm
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman
2022 - Current
Co-CEO and Co-Founder
2016 - 2022
We have a simple mission at Calm: To make the world a happier and healthier place. Over 100 Million people have downloaded the app and we are growing rapidly The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Calm creates unique audio content that tackles some of the most important mental health issues of the modern age: stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia. The app contains over 100 hours of premium audio including Sleep Stories, meditation lessons, multi-day programs, nature sounds, videos and music. The heart of Calm is digital but the brand is expanding offline into a variety of products and services that bring more peace, clarity and perspective into people’s busy lives. We are building Calm into the Nike of the Mind. We have released a book with Penguin, developed a Sleep Mist and have plans to create clothing, homeware, publishing, hotels and a wide range of other categories. We believe Calm can become one of the most valuable and meaningful brands in the world.
Co-Founder
2012 - 2016
Founder, CEO, and Creative Director
2004 - 2020
Mind Candy creates worlds that fire the imagination. The company's first project was the award winning Perplex City, a global treasure hunt played by thousands of people around the world across many different types of media. Mind Candy's biggest brand is a multi-player online world for children called Moshi Monsters that has grown to over 80 million registered users around the world. In 2011 the game expanded from the screen into the offline world with a wide range of new products such as toys, books, magazines, trading cards, videos games, music and a feature length movie. Mind Candy's other brands include World of Warriors and Petlandia. The company developed PopJam and sold it in 2015.
CEO and Co-founder
1998 - 2004
Firebox.com is a multi-channel retailer that specialises in the retail, marketing and manufacture of a highly select range of innovative gadgets, games and gifts.