purple exists to help people feel better. from our innovative comfort technology to our entertainingly informative advertising, we strive to bring relief from the discomfort, the boring, the outdated, and the mundane. ultimately, we endeavor to change the lives of one billion people with our revolutionary smart comfort grid™. it all started with two brothers and a dream. tony pearce, an aeronautical engineer, and terry pearce, a distinguished engineer, set out to make the world a more comfortable place. they began their journey in 1989 with carbon fiber sporting goods and wheelchairs, then quickly learned that what the world really needed was better cushioning material. within just a few years, the smart comfort grid™ was born. with dozens of trademarks and patents, the pearce brothers’ life-changing technologies appeared in critical-care hospital beds, medical devices, shoes, toys, backpacks, and so much more. over the decades, the pearces perfected both the technology and the manufac