FOUNDER/CEO, SLAPFISH
WHY: From food truck to growing brick and- mortar chain with more than $25M in sales pre-pandemic, while schooling consumers on sustainable seafood. 20+ locations, about a quarter in OC.
RECENT: Inked investment deal with Mac Haik Enterprises Ltd. last year for undisclosed investment and franchise deal to grow business in Texas and Arkansas. Among first tenants at new Mess Hall food hall in Tustin.
QUOTABLE: Told Forbes in 2016, when recalling the idea for Slapfish, “I wanted to run the Chipotle of seafood.”
