#137 - Andrew Smith - Co-founder a CEO of Four Foods Group Shares His Journey To owning Over 200 Restaurants a Managing Over 5200 Employees
Guest Bio:Andrew began his career as an entrepreneur at the age of 23.Over the past 2 decades, Smith has raised over $320 million in business funding, created over16,000 jobs, and built and sold three technology businesses to private and public companies.Today, Andrew leads Four Foods Group, a multi-brand restaurant operations company with 162restaurants across the U.S. He is also a Managing Partner of Mercato Partners Savory Fund, aprivate equity fund focused on emerging brands within the food a beverage industry.Andrew was a recipient of the 2017 EY Entrepreneur of the Year® award, BusinessQ Magazine2018 Entrepreneur of the Year, and recently was honored with BusinessQ’s Hall of Fame Awardlast October.Four Foods has been recognized as an Inc. fastest growing company the past 8 years.
