Daniel Lubetzky

Daniel Lubetzky

Daniel Lubetzky is a Mexican-American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, author, and founder and executive chairman of snack company Kind LLC. He has appeared as a guest shark in episodes of Shark Tank in seasons 11 and 12. In 2015 President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker named him a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship.

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Summary Daniel LubetzkyDaniel Lubetzky is a Mexican-American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, author, and founder and executive chairman of snack company Kind LLC. He is the son of a Holocaust survivor and a Mexican Jew of Lithuanian ancestry. In 2003, unhappy with unhealthy or unappetizing snacking choices, and concerned with the rising obesity and diabetes epidemic in America, he launched KIND Snacks with the value proposition of being “KIND to your body, your taste buds and your world” He has appeared as a guest shark in episodes of Shark Tank in seasons 11 and 12. In 2015 President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker named him a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship.

In 2018, Lubetzki founded New York-based family office, Equilibra, which backs entrepreneur-run businesses that offer packaged goods to consumers. In 2019, he was appointed to the Anti-Defamation League’s inaugural board of directors. In April 2020, his KIND Foundation launched the Frontline Impact Project in consultation with Project N95, a platform for healthcare and other frontline responders to request resources needed in the fight against Covid-19.