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Food & Beverage Business Leaders

Founders, chief executives and investors shaping food & beverage. 6 of 26 profiles published so far.

Food & Beverage

Will Guidara

The restaurateur who helped make Eleven Madison Park the best restaurant in the world, then turned a philosophy of hospitality into a movement.

James Quincey, chairman and chief executive of The Coca-Cola Company
Food & Beverage

James Quincey

The British engineer turned beverage executive who rose through Coca-Cola's global ranks to run the company, broadening it well beyond its famous namesake soda.

Food & Beverage

Steve Ells

The classically trained chef who opened a single burrito shop to fund a fine dining dream and instead created Chipotle, redefining fast food and becoming a burrito billionaire.

Laxman Narasimhan, former chief executive of Starbucks and Reckitt
Food & Beverage

Laxman Narasimhan

The globe-trotting executive who ran the consumer goods group Reckitt and then briefly led Starbucks, becoming one of the most prominent Indian-born leaders in global business.

Ramon Laguarta, chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo
Food & Beverage

Ramon Laguarta

The Spanish-born executive who climbed PepsiCo's international ranks over decades to become its chief executive, the first Spaniard to lead a major American multinational.

Food & Beverage

David Gibbs

The finance executive who spent more than three decades at Yum Brands and rose to lead it, overseeing the global growth of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell before stepping down.