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This interview with Neil Blumenthal, co-chief executive of Warby Parker, the online seller of eyeglasses, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant....

For Neil Blumenthal, running a successful business is not something that’s mutually exclusive from social responsibility. On Tuesday while speaking at Emerson College for the FORBES 30 Under 30 summit, the cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker outlined how he has been able to build a business valued at $1.2 billion while still having social impact around the globe.

Warby Parker just opened its 14th retail store in Washington D.C.’s Georgetown this past weekend, but even as the company’s ranks continue to grow, cofounder and co-CEO Neil Blumenthal says the happiness of each employee at the hip eyewear brand — a New York unicorn valued at $1.2 billion— is crucial to its success.

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Neil Blumenthal, 37, a founder of the eyeglass brand Warby Parker, keeps a hectic work schedule, but his mornings are ruled by his children: Gemma, 2, and Griffin, 6. While he makes breakfast in the family’s Greenwich Village apartment, his wife and fellow entrepreneur, Rachel Blumenthal, attends a workout class.

The party is an annual fundraising event benefiting RxArt, whose mission is to “help children heal through visual art by commissioning contemporary artists to transform children’s hospitals into engaging and inspiring environments.”

When direct-to-consumer eyeglasses company Warby Parker was founded in 2010, its mission was to create a business that can scale, be profitable and do social good. Nine years later, the New York–based company has reached a significant milestone: It has distributed 5 million pairs of eyeglasses at low cost to individuals in more than 50 countries.

Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal comes back to Tufts to talk about entrepreneurship and doing the right thing