CEO of Santa Fe’s Meow Wolf says he’ll step down
em022019j/jnorth/Vince Kadlubek, co-founder of Meow Wolf, stands next to one of their pip & pop sculptures in the lobby of their House of Eternal Return, in Santa Fe, Wednesday February 20, 2019. The pip & pop sculptures are used some of the new exhibits at Meow Wolf this year. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
“Five years ago, in the fall of 2014, I was making $50/a day delivering food, living at my parents’ house on the south side of Santa Fe, and dreaming of becoming an accomplished playwright,” Kadlubek wrote.
“Only 14 months later, I become CEO of New Mexico’s fastest-growing startup company and our team unveiled one of the most impactful pieces of art in the 21st century,” he said. “On March 16, 2016, Meow Wolf opened House of Eternal Return to the public and my life became forever and radically changed.”
Attendance at the edgy arts installation hit 1 million visitors by July 2018, driven mostly by word of mouth and a solitary billboard on Interstate 25 heading north from Albuquerque.
The infusion of large amounts of capital and the announcement of projects in Las Vegas, Nevada, Denver, Phoenix and Washington, D.C,, changed Meow Wolf from a scrappy upstart to a Disney wannabe in the eyes of some.
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