Josh Tetrick
Josh Tetrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joshua Stephen Tetrick March 23, 1980 (age 44) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bachelors Degree, Juris Doctor |
| Alma mater | West Virginia University Cornell University University of Michigan Law School |
| Occupation(s) | Founder and CEO of Hampton Creek |
Josh Tetrick (born Joshua Stephen Tetrick; March 23, 1980) is an American social entrepreneur, speaker, and writer. He is currently the CEO of Hampton Creek, a technology company based in Northern California. Prior to founding Hampton Creek, Tetrick ran 33needs, a crowdfunding platform that connected social entrepreneurs to investors.[1][2]
Tetrick has been involved with social causes such as a United Nations initiative in Kenya and teaching street children in multiple African countries as a Fulbright Scholar.[3] Tetrick earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where he graduated at the top of his class, and received a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.[2]
Early life
Tetrick was born in Birmingham, Alabama where he lived until the age of 13, at which point his family relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a football player in high school and upon graduation, went to play for West Virginia University,[4] where he shared the defensive rookie of the year award with Adam King.[5] It was at WVU that he was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, thus ending any hopes of a future career in football.
Work at 33needs
After spending over 7 years working on various social campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tetrick returned to the US and began a position at TOMS Shoes. Shortly thereafter, he launched 33needs. He also began writing for the Huffington Post, contributing articles focused on animal protection, business, and entrepreneurship. Tetrick is an animal advocate which ultimately contributed to the inspiration for Hampton Creek in the summer of 2011.[6]
Work at Hampton Creek
Tetrick developed the idea for Hampton Creek with his best friend, Josh Balk, in June, 2011. The idea stemmed from issues both had noticed in the global food system. He began initial business plans and meetings with Khosla Ventures, a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm later that summer. Hampton Creek received its first round of funding in December, 2011 and a second round (after a relocation to San Francisco) in June, 2012.[7]
Tetrick has been interviewed for his work with Hampton Creek in a variety of publications and media outlets including: CBS This Morning, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Inc., CNBC, CNN, Popular Science,[6] Bloomberg Businessweek,[8] NPR,[9] The New York Times,[7] and others. In March 2013, Tetrick and Hampton Creek became one of only three companies to be featured in Bill Gates' documentary, The Future of Food.[10] In June 2013 Tetrick presented at a TED conference in Edmonton, Canada with a presentation on the future of food.[11]
In June 2014, Inc. named Tetrick to its annual "35 Under 35 list." That same month, CNBC named Hampton Creek to its annual "Disruptor 50" list and invited Tetrick to appear live on air with Jim Cramer.
Fundraising & Business
Tetrick invested $37,000 of his own money into Hampton Creek in 2011, shortly before Khosla Ventures provided $500,000 in seed funding to the company.[2] He is responsible for attracting notable investors such as Bill Gates, Li Ka-Shing, Peter Thiel, and Vinod Khosla to Hampton Creek,[2][12] and his efforts have resulted in a total of $30 million in fundraising for the company.[13]
Tetrick has driven Hampton Creek to achieve many business milestones in a remarkably short amount of time. He has secured deals with eleven Fortune 500 companies in just two years.[14]These partnerships include the top three retailers in the world and the largest food service company in the world as well. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/235945His credibility on business has also led him to be a coveted speaker at business conferences. In 2014, he keynoted TechWeek Chicago and is scheduled to keynote the World Food Prize's Borlaug Dialogue, the Inc.'s 5000 conference, the Pioneer's Festival in Vienna, and The Summit in Dublin later in the year.
References
- ^ Silicon Valley Embraces Innovation in Sustainable Food, Bloomberg Businessweek, 21 February 2013,
Josh Tetrick, a 32-year-old entrepreneur who's creating plant-based egg replacement products that could one day disrupt the global egg industry. His 11-month-old company, Hampton Creek Foods, is working out of a food lab in the South of Market area of San Francisco.
- ^ a b c d Bill Gates' Food Fetish: Hampton Creek Foods Looks To Crack The Egg Industry, Forbes Magazine, 16 December 2013, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ One Founder’s Quest to Eliminate Eggs from Food Supply Chains, Triple Pundit, 22 July 2013, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers 2000 Football Roster". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Record Book Supplement" (pdf). West Virginia Mountaineers. p. 40. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b PopSci Q&A: The Quest For The Egg-Free Egg, Popular Science, 9 May 2012, retrieved 12 March 2014,
Guest According to the American Egg Board, eggs can serve 20 different functions in food, including aeration, binding, and thickening. Tetrick brought in food biochemist Johan Boot; their first product, a yellowish powder called Beyond Eggs, should be used in commercial cookies and muffins by the end of the year.
- ^ a b Venture Capitalists Are Making Bigger Bets On Food Start-Ups, New York Times, 28 April 2013, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ Venture Capital Sees Promise in Lab Created Eco Foods, Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved 14 March 2014
- ^ Why Bill Gates is Investing in Chicken-less eggs, National Public Radio, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ The Future of Food, The Gates Notes, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ The Future of Food: Josh Tetrick at TEDxEdmonton, TEDx, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ Egg Replacing Startup Hampton Creek Foods Raises $23 Million From Asia's Richest Man And Yahoo Co-founder Jerry Yang, Forbes Magazine, 17 February 2014, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ Lora Kolodny (17 February 2014), Hampton Creek Raises $23M to Make Eggs Obsolete, The Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch, retrieved 12 March 2014
- ^ Emily Chang (11 August 2014), $9B Egg Industry Inefficient, Bloomberg West, retrieved 12 March 2014