references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is about the brand of vinyl wall graphics . for other uses see fathead . fathead llc type private founded june 6 2006 headquarters detroit michigan u.s. area served worldwide industry online shopping products lifesized wall graphics website fathead.com alexa rank 56 157 august 2014 update 1 type of site e commerce available in english fathead is a brand name of life sized precision cut vinyl wall graphics manufactured by fathead llc . fathead llc is a privately held company based in detroit michigan . the ownership group is led by dan gilbert who is chairman and founder of quicken loans and also majority owner of the cleveland cavaliers . fathead categories include real.big fathead jr. fathead customs fathead tradeables fathead teammate fathead skins and sm art across 650 officially licensed brands . the products are high definition wall graphics of professional athletes animated heroes entertainment characters team helmets and logos . the graphics are constructed of vinyl and a low tack adhesive . contents 1 history 2 awards and recognitions 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2006 a group of investors led by dan gilbert founder of quicken loans purchased fathead inc. fathead was brought to gilbert s attention by the company s president todd lunsford then quicken loans chief marketing officer after todd s son saw a commercial and wanted to order a tom brady fathead . today fathead llc is one of the threads in a large family of properties in the sports and entertainment market including the national basketball association s cleveland cavaliers the american hockey league s lake erie monsters quicken loans arena xenith xeko and veritix . awards and recognitions edit named in internet retailer hot 100 retail web sites of 2008 2 named in internet retailer hot 100 retail web sites of 2009 3 named in internet retailer top 500 of 2010 4 named in detroit free press top work places of 2010 5 named in detroit free press top work places of 2011 6 named in detroit free press top work places of 2012 7 named in detroit free press top work places of 2013 8 named in internet retailer as a top 10 mobile site and hot 100 online retail site for 2014 9 references edit fathead.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 08 25 . the internet retailer hot 100 retail web sites . internet retailer . retrieved 2010 08 02 . internet retailer s top 100 retail websites of 2009 . internet retailer . retrieved 2010 08 02 . internet retailer top 500 of 2010 . internet retailer . retrieved 2010 08 02 . detroit free press top work places of 2010 . detroit free press . retrieved 2014 06 24 . detroit free press top work places of 2011 . detroit free press . retrieved 2014 06 24 . detroit free press top work places of 2012 . detroit free press . retrieved 2014 06 24 . detroit free press top work places of 2013 . detroit free press . retrieved 2014 06 24 . internet retailer as a top 10 mobile site and hot 100 online retail site for 2014 . internet retailer . retrieved 2014 06 24 . external links edit official fathead website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fathead brand & oldid 743440562 categories printing companies of the united statescompanies based in detroitrock ventureshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2016all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from may 2016all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing potentially dated statements from august 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements 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 9 october 2016 at 17 38 . 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