Björn Sykora is a co-founder of Mister Spex. He started the company in Berlin in 2007 with Dirk Graber, a friend from his student days, and with Philipp Frenkel and Thilo Hardt, who handled IT.
The website went live in 2008. In 2007 many frame makers were wary of an online seller, and the founders had to win them over. The company expanded to France in 2010 and bought the Swedish retailer Lensstore in 2013.
Mister Spex went public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 2 July 2021 at €25 per share. Graber stepped down as CEO in 2024.
Tobias Krauss became CEO in 2025. In 2026 logistics and production moved to Arvato and Rodenstock.