Dan Glickberg

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Dan Glickberg
Born
Daniel Glickberg
Nationality (legal)American
EducationTrinity 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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.