apparel founded 2002 headquarters san francisco california united states area served worldwide key people emily meyer leigh rawdon products children s clothing revenue us 40.3 m 2014 1 number of employees 90 website teacollection.com tea collection is a globally inspired san francisco based children s clothing company co founded in 2002 by emily meyer and leigh rawdon . the clothing line is available through their e commerce website as well as department stores and clothing boutiques worldwide . 2 contents 1 history 2 giving back 3 awards and recognitions 4 references 5 see also history edit tea collection was co founded in 2002 by emily meyer and leigh rawdon through funding from angel investors . the inspiration came after a trip meyer took to brussels belgium . i found was pink bunny themed clothing . i wanted something more sophisticated and modern . no offense to pink bunnies . that experience inspired me to envision a brand that celebrates the beauty of world cultures through fashion and lifestyle products . i called it tea because tea the drink is something shared by all cultures . it evokes warmth wisdom and timelessness values that i wanted for the collection . 3 since 2012 the company has had a 24 percent compound annual growth rate and seen its headcount more than triple . revenue in 2014 was more than 40 million nearly a 10 million increase from the year before . 4 giving back edit tea collection supports the global fund for children and their mission of advancing the dignity of children and youth around the world . tea s support takes many forms each year two exclusive pajama sets are designed and all proceeds are donated directly back to the gfc . tea also holds regular give back events during which they donate a portion of all online sales to the organization . 5 in addition to funding a photography fellowship in 2010 . 6 awards and recognitions edit co founder leigh rawdon received the visa technology award from the san francisco small business network in may 2010 . 7 since 2007 tea collection has been in the inc. magazine list of top 100 consumer products and retail companies . 8 references edit small to big tea collection s worldly clothing for kids bloomberg business . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2015 10 29 . tea company overview . businessweek.com . 2010 . retrieved 2011 03 15 . one badass mom emily meyer of tea collection puts a global spin on kids clothes . one.org . 2013 . retrieved 2013 07 08 . founders of tea collection forge global connections through fabric bizwomen . bizjournals.com . 2015 . retrieved 2015 09 29 . tea collection website . teacollection.com . retrieved 2015 08 04 . global fund for children global media ventures . globalfundforchildren.org . retrieved 2011 03 01 . 2010 sbn awards . sfsbn.org . retrieved 2011 03 10 . inc. 500 5000 company profile . inc.com . retrieved 2011 04 24 . see also edit san francisco portal companies portal tea collection website global fund for children website inc. 500 website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tea collection & oldid 743700216 categories companies based in san franciscoclothing retailers of the united statesretail companies established in 20022002 establishments in californiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view