Dan Glickberg

Last updated

Dan Glickberg
Born
Daniel Glickberg
NationalityAmerican
Education Trinity College
Occupation(s)Businessman, Investor
Known forFood Fortunes, Fairway Market

Dan Glickberg is an American businessman. He is a member of Fairway Market's founding family and served as executive vice president and a director of the company. [1] [2] Additionally, he is the founder of Dan Glickberg Food, [3] and is a featured investor on the Food Network show Food Fortunes. [4]

Career

Glickberg earned a bachelor's degree in English and writing from Trinity College. [5] He is the great grandson of Fairway Market's founder, Nathan Glickberg [6] and became the face of Fairway Market. [7] In 2005, Glickberg began serving as vice president of Fairway. [4] [8]

In 2006, Glickberg designed the company website Discover Fairway which included weekly video food tips and cooking demonstrations. The site lead to a cooperation with WNBC that Glickberg oversaw. [9] He later became a director of Fairway in June 2010. [2]

Glickberg left Fairway and founded Dan Glickberg Food, a food consulting and venture-capital company in April 2013. [9] [10] [11] In 2015, Glickberg joined the cast of Food Network's "Food Fortune," a show that gives new food companies a chance to enter the market and grow their business through the help of the show's featured investors. [12] [13]

Related Research Articles

<i>Forbes</i> American business magazine

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its current CEO is Mike Federle It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. But on Dec 11, 2024, Forbes names Sherry Phillips, the current chief revenue officer since 2022, to be the new CEO since Jan 1, 2025, whereas the outgoing CEO, Mike Federle, will take on a strategic advisor role.

Kleiner Perkins, formerly Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is an American venture capital firm which specializes in investing in incubation, early stage and growth companies. Since its founding in 1972, the firm has backed entrepreneurs in over 900 ventures, including America Online, Amazon.com, Tandem Computers, Compaq, Electronic Arts, JD.com, Square, Genentech, Google, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Nest, Palo Alto Networks, Synack, Snap, AppDynamics, and Twitter. By 2019 it had raised around $9 billion in 19 venture capital funds and four growth funds.

Joseph Fedele is an entrepreneur who co-founded New York-based online specialty grocery FreshDirect in 1998 along with investment banker Jason Ackerman. Fedele served as CEO and co-chairman from 1998 to 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Blodget</span> American businessman, investor and journalist

Henry McKelvey Blodget is an American businessman, investor and journalist. He is notable for his former career as an equity research analyst who was senior Internet analyst for CIBC Oppenheimer and the head of the global Internet research team at Merrill Lynch during the dot-com era. Blodget was charged with civil securities fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and settled the charges. Blodget is the co-founder and former CEO of Business Insider.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunil Mittal</span> Indian industrialist and philanthropist (born 1957)

Sunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospitality, Agri and food besides other ventures.

Robert Earl is an English-American film producer, investor, restaurateur, and television personality. He is the founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood, chairman of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, and host of Robert Earl's Be My Guest television program which airs weekly on the Cooking Channel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Gilbert</span> American businessman (born 1962)

Daniel Gilbert is an American billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket Mortgage, founder of Rock Ventures, and owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers. Gilbert owns several sports franchises, including the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters, and the NBA G League's Cleveland Charge. He operates the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Cavaliers and Monsters. As of December 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$23.3 billion making him 87th richest person and according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of US$27.4 billion, he is the 71st richest individual in the world.

Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake Time, Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Fortune, People, InStyle, Life, Golf Magazine, Southern Living, Essence, Real Simple, and Entertainment Weekly. It also had subsidiaries which it co-operated with the UK magazine house Time Inc. UK, whose major titles include What's on TV, NME, Country Life, and Wallpaper. Time Inc. also co-operated over 60 websites and digital-only titles including MyRecipes, Extra Crispy, TheSnug, HelloGiggles, and MIMI.

Daniel Seth Loeb is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is the founder and chief executive of Third Point, a New York-based hedge fund focused on event-driven, value-oriented investing with $4 billion in assets under management, as of December 2023. New York magazine noted that Loeb's "preferred strategy" is to buy into troubled companies, which "is the key to his success." Regarding his active involvement in the companies in which he invests, Loeb was described as "one of the most successful activists" in 2014.

Penton was an information services and marketing company. The company's three largest revenue streams came from events, digital and marketing services. Although Penton had a long history as a trade publisher, in 2015 it reported that 35 percent of its EBITDA derived from digital products, 54 percent from events, and 11 percent from print. The main industry segments served by Penton include agriculture, transportation, natural products/food, infrastructure, and design and manufacturing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Ferriss</span> American entrepreneur, investor, author, and podcaster (born 1977)

Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru. He is known for his 4-Hour self-help book series—including The 4-Hour Work Week, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef—that focused on lifestyle optimizations, but he has since reconsidered this approach. He also supports scientific research into psychedelic treatments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fairway Market</span> American northeast grocery chain

Fairway Market is an American grocery chain founded in 1933 by Nathan Glickberg. It is one of the brands owned by the Wakefern Food Corporation, whose flagship supermarket cooperative network is ShopRite.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ingredion</span> American ingredient manufacturer

Ingredion Inc. is an American food and beverage ingredient provider based in Westchester, Illinois, producing mainly starches, non-GMO sweeteners, stevia, and pea protein. The company turns corn, tapioca, potatoes, plant-based stevia, grains, fruits, gums and other vegetables into ingredients for the food, beverage, brewing, and pharmaceutical industries and numerous industrial sectors. It has about 12,000 employees in 44 locations, and customers in excess of 120 countries.

Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company founded in Washington, D.C. with operational headquarters in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in November 2011 by CEO Jim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett to encompass SB Nation and The Verge. Bankoff had been the CEO for SB Nation since 2009.

CircleUp is a financial technology company based in San Francisco that focuses on consumer goods startups. Since its official launch in April 2012, CircleUp has helped several consumer companies raise equity, including Back to the Roots, Halo Top Creamery, Little Duck Organics, Rhythm Superfoods and others. General Mills has an investment fund that is partnered with CircleUp to invest in companies listed on the platform.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vice Media</span> American-Canadian digital media and broadcasting company

Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company. As of April 2024, Vice Media encompasses four main business areas: Vice Studios Group ; Vice TV ; Virtue ; and Vice Digital. It was cited as the largest independent youth media company in the world, with 35 offices.

Marc Eric Lore is an American entrepreneur, businessman, investor, and NBA owner. In December 2021, CNBC reported that Lore is now the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Wonder Group. From 2016 to 2021, he was the President and CEO of Walmart U.S. eCommerce. Lore was appointed in September 2016 to lead Walmart's e-commerce division when his company Jet.com—an e-commerce website launched in 2014—was acquired by Walmart, Inc. Walmart purchased Jet for $3.3 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Lyons</span> American entrepreneur

Adam Lyons is an American entrepreneur. He founded The Zebra, an insurance comparison website and REALLY Wireless, a telecommunications company.

Nevzat Aydın is a Turkish internet entrepreneur, angel investor and a mentor. Aydın is the co-founder and former CEO of Yemeksepeti, the leading online food delivery portal in Turkey.

Eater is a food website by Vox Media. It was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in 2005, and originally focused on dining and nightlife in New York City. Eater launched a national site in 2009, and covered nearly 20 cities by 2012. Vox Media acquired Eater, along with two others comprising the Curbed Network, in late 2013. In 2017, Eater had around 25 local sites in the United States, Canada, and England. The site has been recognized twelve times by the James Beard Foundation Awards.

References

  1. ↑ Madison Smerdell (July 16, 2015). "Food Fortunes: Potential Investors Get Feedback From Potential Consumers". Opportunist Magazine. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 David Benoit (September 24, 2012). "Fairway IPO: Everything You Need to Know". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Adrienne Gaffney (October 22, 2013). "NYC's 100 Most Eligible Bachelors 2013". Gotham Magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Meet the Investors of Food Fortunes". Food Network. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Julia Sexton (2011). "Stored Wisdom". Westchester Magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ William Alden, Peter Lattman (April 16, 2013). "Fairway, New York Grocery With Big Ambitions, Goes Public". DealBook. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ Danielle Brody (March 20, 2015). "'Fairway kid' Dan Glickberg takes the spotlight as himself". Westfair Communications. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ John Seabrook (November 21, 2011). "Crunch". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  9. 1 2 Bell Sobel (June 15, 2015). "What Dan Glickberg Learned at His Family's Business". CMS Wire. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  10. ↑ Jeanne Muchnick (April 2, 2015). "New Food Show Features Irvington Native Dan Glickberg of Fairway Fame". Tarrytown Daily Voice. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lisa Fickenscher (March 17, 2014). "Fairway struggles in public spotlight". Crain's New York. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ Chris Longo (April 10, 2015). "Westchester's 'shark' of the food world". Lohud. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dan Glickberg". IMDB. Retrieved November 13, 2015.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.