Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group and Founder of Shake Shack, on the Future of the Restaurant Industry During and After the Pandemic (Virtual)
Date: Jan 27, 2021Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
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Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group and Founder of Shake Shack, on the Future of the Restaurant Industry During and After the Pandemic (Virtual)
Description
For the past 35 years Danny has helped shape consumer demand and expectations of restaurants, an industry that is among the business sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. From a loss in on-premise revenue to new takeout- and delivery-only models, restaurants are experiencing a rapidly changing business environment. Please join us to hear Danny’s views on the paradigm shift being experienced by the restaurant industry, and the opportunities he believes have been created by the pandemic, including the use of technology, new service formats, delivering on changing consumer expectations, and emerging food trends.
Participants must register by January 26th to receive details on joining the discussion.
Please note that no refunds will be issued.
Bios
Speaker
Danny Meyer
CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder, Shake Shack
Danny Meyer is Founder and CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, Founder and Chairman of Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of $220 million growth equity fund Enlightened Hospitality Investments. Danny, his restaurants, and chefs have earned an unprecedented 28 James Beard Awards, including Outstanding Restaurateur (2005) and Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America (1996). Danny has also been included in the TIME 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World (2015) and Inc.’s list of the 10 Most Well-Connected People in New York City’s Startup Scene (2017). Danny’s first business book, Setting the Table (HarperCollins, 2006), a New York Times bestseller, examines the power of hospitality in restaurants, business, and life. An active national leader in the fight against hunger, Danny serves on the board of Share Our Strength. He also serves on the boards of Salt & Straw, Tender Greens and Olo, and formerly served on the boards of Open Table (NASDAQ: OPEN) through its sale to Priceline, Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) and The Container Store (NYSE: TCS). Danny graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Trinity College where he currently serves as a Trustee.
Moderator
Mitchell Dong (AB ’75, OPM ‘97)
Mitchell Dong runs his family’s investment office and is a hedge fund manager. He has managed hedge funds which use quantitative methods to trade uranium, electric power, gold and mutual funds. Currently he runs a cryptocurrency trading fund which does arbitrage and trend following. In the past, Mitchell was a developer of solar, hydroelectric and cogeneration power plants. Mitchell is a graduate of Harvard College majoring in economics and the OPM program at Harvard Business School. Mitchell’s family philanthropy supports the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.
Date Time
Date: Jan 27, 2021Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PMLocation
Zoom Webinar (Information to be sent to Registrants)1460 BroadwayNew York, NY 10036View Map
Price
- 20 / Alumni Non-Members
- Free / Patron Members (please contact programming@hbscny.org)
- 10 / Member/Member Guest (limit one)
- 25 / General Public
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Attendees
JUAN PABLO AGUIRRE, RAFAEL AGUIRRE, Benjamin Adler, Richard Adler, Alexandra Aleskovsky, Joe Alexander, Reika Alexander, Reika Alexander, Judith Allen, William Anderson, Carlota Andres, Lockie Andrews, Divyang Arora, Zaid Ayoub, Constance Baher, Susan Baker, Janet Balis, Meredith Barnett, Pamela Baxter, Joe Belfatto, Guillermo Beltran, Gadi BenMark Markovitch, Andreas Bender, Ennius Bergsma, Bruce Berkman, Corinne Bilerman, Amy Binder, Rebecca Binder, Susan Bird, Marc Bivona, Kristen Bjorlin, Tiffany Blue, Jessica Bologna, Paul Breslin, Carrie Brody, Cindi Buckwalter, Ryan Bullock, Jodi Burns, Charlotte Busa, Carol Campbell, Jason Carini, Hector Cateriano, Subrata Chakravarty, Celine Chang, Katie Chaplin, Lu Chen, Alexandre Chenesseau, Lisa Cleveland, Drew Cohen, Dara Cook, Richard Cooper, Petru Costin, Yasmin Dahya, Alex Dangelico, Amber Dangelico, Natalie Dargham, Peter Darrow, Mark David, Jared Davis, Michael Davis, Nick Dean, Thomas Devine, Gandharv Dhingra, Remy Dikeou, Cieu Dong, May Dong, Mitchell Dong, Oylan Dong, Patricia Duffy, Sally Durdan, Gerard Eastman, Jay Eastman, Stephen Edwards, Edmond Eger, Elizabeth Fairfax Brown, Henrik Falktoft, Stephanie Falktoft, Aldo Farah Orozco, Deborah Farrington, Juan-Manuel Fernandez Cortina, Stephanie Fierman, Andrew Fortier, Thaddeus Fortin, Irwin Friedman, Rodrigo Garcia, Ricardo Garrido, Daniel Gertsacov, Josh Gitelson, Joel Glasky, Gary Glasser, Gary Gluck, Mark Goldstein, Paul Gonzalez, Meagan Gordon, Melinda Gould, Gretchen Grant, Ian Grant, Conor Gray, Christina Grdovic, Keith Greer, Kevin Greig, Edmund Grossman, Fernando Gutierrez Eddy, Josh Hackler, Van Haidas, Eddie Harari, Joseph Harari, Lorraine Hariton, Jack Heaphy, Randall Heck, Luke Herbert, Gustavo Hernandez, Douglas Hewson, Kylie Hill, Evan Hindman, Norman Hinerfeld, Anna Ho, Marissa Hochster, Joanne Hoffer, Michael Hoherchak, Elizabeth Holden, Mark Holden, Jonathan Holtz, Martin Hudak, Harry Hulsh, Yasmin Ibrahim, Timothy Irons, Andrew Jacobi, Santiago Jariton, Julie Johnson, Robert Jones, George Kalan, Richard Kane, Robert C. Kane, Michael Kantrow, Alanna Kaplan Munoz, Michael Karsch, Rayna Katz, Peter Kay, Nina Kempner, Luke Kennedy, Stephen Ketchum, Chloe Kiernan, Richard Kimmel, Madelyne Kirch, Bettina Klein, Brian Kline, Valerie Kohn, Michele Korfin, Ariana Korman, Samantha Koss, Gary Kreissman, Mark Krentzman, Priya Kumar, Ilene Lang, Ben Lanson, Kenneth Lao, Maya Lederer, HJ Lee, Gabrielle Lesser, Gracie Leung, Georgia Levenson, Evan Leventhal, Julie Levi, Zhi Lin, Melanie Lindsay, David Linn, Amy Listerman, Susan Liu, Marie LoGiudice, Stephen Loffredo, Sheila Lopez, Francisco Lorenzo, Bill Lukashok, Cristiano Machado, Kelly Macpherson, Diane Madfes, Eric Madoff, Eric Magne, Rufaro Makanda, Seema Malik, Sarah Mandel, Gregory Mann, Michael Martignetti, Louis Martin, Claire Marx, Cornelius Marx, Ryan McDonald, Aileen McKenna, Dede McMahon, Peter McNitt, Bruno Medeiros, Daniela Mielke, Nathaniel Milner, Pedro Mont Wong, Leona Moore, Joseph Morein, Barrie Moskowitz, Christine Murnane, Erika Myrill, Jon Nassif, Jeff Nathan, Charles Newark-French, Irene Nickolai, Ian Niemeyer, Hiro Nishida, Karina Nisterenko, Catherine O'Brien, Alexander Ohebshalom, Roberto Ortiz, Vanessa Panotas, Samir Parikh, David Pascual, Jill Patel, Katie Peabody, Emanuel Pearlman, Stephen Percoco, William Pertusi, Carl Philips, Rusty Pierce, Ruth Pierce, Raul Pineda, Jennifer Plominski, Jan Postma, Mohamed Punjani, Nathan Redmond, John Reese, Ivan Reidel, Jean Rose, Susan Runne, Oliver Ryan, Masatomo Sakairi, Nicholas Sakellariadis, Emily Saltz, Kari Sanders, William Sanders, Sidney Santiccioli, Zaynab Satchu, Michael Schimmel, Christopher Schlesak, Shannon Scordella , Daniel Searby, Harry Seherr-Thoss, Edward Shelton, Scott Shelton, Danny Sheu, Hannah Silver, Hardwick Simmons, Sloan Simmons, Patti Simpson, Ian Slater, Amanda Slutsky, Martin Smith, Adam Sokoloff, Jason Soloway, Anne Stanton, Brian Staub, Mathieu Stevenson, Christopher Stewart, Kevin Stewart, Suzanne Strassburger, Milena Strasser, Richard Strasser, Harborne Stuart, Lance Stuart, Suzanne Sullivan, TBA TBA, Leticia Tavares, Kate Taylor Martin, Fernando Teixeira, Tyler Tep, Kimberly Till, Amy Toder, Charles Toder, Jose Tolosa, Jennifer Tombaugh, Alper Uyanik, David Valentino, Azin Valy, Jane Veron, Spencer Vogel, Molly Voorhees, Chip Wade, Frank Walter, Leighton Welch, Stepehn Wesel, Kasey Wien, Rick Wien, James Wilmott, Harry Wilson, Leslie Wohlman-Himmel, Jay Yook, Nathaniel Young, Donna Zaccaro, Freya Zaheer, Mark Zashin, ChinChin Zhang, Sue Xu Zhang, Keke Zhao, Ke Zhou, lynn chen, michael crain, annmarie drozd, guss firestein, jeff levi, margot sakoian, sebastien silvestri, Kwame van LeeuwenOrganizer
Mitchell Dong (AB '75, OPM '97)Zoom Webinar (Information to be sent to Registrants)
1460 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036
