Andrew "Andy" Spade is the co-founder of Partners & Spade, along with Anthony Sperduti. He started his career in advertising working on brands such as Coca-Cola, Lexus, and Paul Stuart. In 1993, with his wife Kate Spade, he founded the fashion and lifestyle brands Kate Spade New York and Jack Spade. and was honored by the CFDA for excellence in design. Under his creative leadership, 26 Kate Spade stores were opened in North America and Japan. Along with launching Partners & Spade, he also produced feature films with Red Bucket Films, and is conceiving and publishing books through HarperCollins. He was named one of 100 creative business people of 2009 by Fast Company. In 2013, he launched a collection of loungewear, Sleepy Jones, with Anthony Sperduti and Chad Buri.