Daniel Lubetzky Biography
Daniel Lubetzky is a Mexican-American businessman, philanthropist, author, and the creator and executive chairman of Kind LLC.
How old is Daniel Lubetzky? – Age
He is 55 years old as of 2023. He was born in 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Daniel Lubetzky Family
Lubetzky is Sonia and Roman Lubetzky’s son. Lubetzky’s father, a Holocaust survivor and a Lithuanian Ashkenazi Jew, was a partner in International Bonded Warehouses and United Export Trading Association, both duty-free retail chains based in Laredo, Texas. Lubetzky was born in Mexico City and reared there. He went to the United States with his family as a teenager.
Daniel Lubetzky Education
He graduated with honors from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and international relations. He studied abroad in Israel and France as an undergraduate. Lubetzky then graduated with honors from Stanford Law School in 1993.
Daniel Lubetzky Wife
Lubetzky married physician Michelle Lynn Lieberman in March 2008. They have four kids. Lubetzky is the cousin of three-time Oscar winner Emmanuel Lubezki.
Daniel Lubetzky Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion.
Daniel Lubetzky Shark Tank
In 2018, Lubetzky founded Equilibra Partners Management Inc. The firm invests in start-ups that sell packaged goods to customers. When Lubetzky appeared as a guest shark on Shark Tank in May 2020, Equilibra paid $1 million for a 25% share in Yellow Leaf Hammocks.
Equilibra will invest $18 million in Greek yogurt brand Ellenos in 2020. It invested $250,000 in FitFighter, a fitness business that began with equipment for firefighter training programs and has since grown to full-body fitness gear and workouts, near the end of the year.
Equilibra took a 10% interest in Quevos, an egg white protein treats startup that also appeared on Shark Tank, in 2021. The following year, they invested in Tandm Inc., a family-owned company that developed a tandem boogie board.
Cava Group, Justin’s, Krave jerky, gimMe snacks, and Chapul are among the other companies that have made investments. Lubetzky has appeared as a recurrent guest shark in Shark Tank episodes from seasons 11, 12, 13, and 14, as well as on To Dine For with Kate Sullivan in January 2021.
Daniel Lubetzky Hammocks
Lubetzky established Equilibra, a New York-based family office, in 2018 to support entrepreneur-run firms that supply packaged goods to consumers; investments include Greek yogurt brand Ellenos and social venture Yellow Leaf Hammocks. Equilibra paid $1 million for a 25% share in Yellow Leaf Hammocks in May 2020.
Daniel Lubetzky Kind Snacks
Concerned about unhealthy snacking options and the burgeoning obesity and diabetes epidemic in America, Lubetzky developed Kind Snacks with the value proposition of being “Kind to your body, your taste buds, and your world” in 2003. Kind has since grown to become the fastest-growing snack company in the United States. Kind LLC, styled as KIND, is a New York City-based snack food manufacturer. Daniel Lubetzky created it in 2004. It has been a subsidiary of Mars since 2020.
In the first year, the company made $1 million in sales. VMG Partners, a private equity firm, invested in Kind in 2008. The funding allowed the company to scale its sample activities in order to introduce more individuals to Kind bars. Kind bars were only available in 20,000 places when VMG got involved, and Lubetzky’s sampling budget was $800. By 2009, the budget had grown to $800,000, and providing free samples had become an important aspect of the Kind marketing strategy. Lubetzky purchased all of VMG’s stock in 2014.
Daniel Lubetzky Book
Do the Kind Thing, Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately is Lubetzky’s New York Times bestseller book. The book is based on Lubetzky’s business experience and was inspired by his father’s Holocaust recollections. Lubetzky has also written several “Opinion” pieces for CNN, detailing his thoughts on how to curb violent radicals and lessons he hopes to teach his children.
Daniel Lubetzky Company
Lubetzky worked briefly at McKinsey & Company and Sullivan & Cromwell following his law school graduation. In 1993, Lubetzky was granted a Haas Koshland Cooperation to expound on official means to encourage joint endeavors among Bedouins and Israelis. He discovered a sun-dried tomato product while conducting research, which laid the groundwork for PeaceWorks Inc. in 1994. PeaceWorks is a “not just for-benefit” business partnership chasing after both harmony and benefit. Meditalia, its flagship brand, is made by neighbors working together to live together in the Middle East.
In 2003, worried about undesirable nibbling decisions and the rising stoutness and diabetes pandemic in America, Lubetzky sent off Kind Snacks with the offer of being “Kind to your body, your taste buds and your reality”. Since then, Kind has become the snack company in the US with the fastest growth.
In 2010, Lubetzky helped to establish Maiyet, an extravagance design adventure focused on fashioning organizations with craftsmans in a portion of the world’s creating economies to make top of the line and remarkable items, while advancing independence and business venture.
He was made a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) in 2015 by President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Equilibra, Lubetzky’s family office based in New York that backs entrepreneur-run businesses that offer packaged goods to consumers, was established in 2018; The social enterprise Yellow Leaf Hammocks and the Greek yogurt brand Ellenos are two examples of investments. Lubetzky had a net worth of $2.2 billion as of November 2021.
In November 2020, it was declared that Caring North America would be bought by Mars in an arrangement worth $5 billion. According to Lubetzky, he would keep his stake in the business and be involved in its operations. Somos, which translates to “we are” in Spanish, was founded in September 2021 by Lubetzky and two former Kind executives.