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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Wholesale space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Chieh Huang
CEO of Boxed
Chieh Huang joined Boxed as CEO in 2013.Director Zynga NY, CEO Astro Ape, Venture for America Entrep. Board Member, NY Mobile Startups Meetup Organizer. Before founding Blackgate Ventures, Chieh was Director of Zynga Mobile NY and CEO of Astro Ape (acquired by Zynga). Originally a corporate attorney at Proskauer, Chieh is currently an Entrepreneur Board Member of Venture for America and can be seen hosting the NY Mobile Startups Meetup. Chieh earned his J.D. from Fordham University and has a Bachelor’s of Economics from The Johns Hopkins University.
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About Blackgate Ventures, Boxed: Boxed is an online bulk grocery retailer used to offer wholesale club experience for modern shoppers.
Bowie Cheung
Co-founder & CEO of Pepper
Bowie is the co-founder and CEO of Pepper, where he’s partnering with restaurant wholesalers across the country to build a more transparent, technology powered food supply chain. Before co-founding Pepper in 2019, Bowie was the first General Manager for Uber Eats and Director of US & Canada Operations at Uber Technologies, and prior to that a management consultant at Bain & Company. He holds degrees in engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business.
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About Pepper: Building the digital operating system for the food supply chain
Andy Aranda
Founder and CEO of Breazy
Andy Aranda is the Founder and CEO of Breazy, Inc.
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About Breazy: Ecommerce, Alternative Wellness
Matthew Wadiak
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cooks Venture
Matthew Wadiak has been pursuing his passion for food for over 20 years. He began his career by cooking for chefs Charlie Trotter and Paul Bertolli and later spent several years sourcing and importing rare ingredients, such as white truffles, for chefs and food companies around the world. In 2004, Matthew founded Cooks’ Venture, a catering and events company. As Executive Chef, he and his team hosted and cooked for culinary events for a wide array of clientele including Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Matthew’s ideals of cooking have always been based on sustainability, local ingredients, and simple yet expertly prepared cuisine. Matthew is a graduate of The Culinary institute of America in Hyde Park, NY and believes that the best food is made at home.
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About Blue Apron, Cooks Venture: Cooks Venture is a vertically integrated agricultural company to operate solely on regenerative agriculture.
Ryan Smith
Co-founder & CEO of LeafLink
Prior to co-founding LeafLink, Ryan successfully founded and exited two companies, one of which he sold to an NYSE public firm. Ryan brings his experience creating and managing B2B firms and online marketplace investing in a highly-regulated space to LeafLink as Chief Executive Officer.
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About LeafLink: LeafLink is a wholesale management platform that connects cannabis brands and retailers.
Bill Shope
Co-founder and CEO of Abound
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About Abound: Abound is a marketplace that helps entrepreneurs gain the insights and connections needed to place their products on retail shelves.
Noam Levavi
Co-Founder and CEO of ByondXR
Noam Levavi is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of innovations in user experience technologies, including several patents in the areas of personalized media delivery and user-interfaces. In 2017, Noam founded ByondXR, a retail-tech startup that empowers brands and retailers to improve sales and customer engagement through a new groundbreaking 3D visualization technology. Using ByondXR’s 3D Commerce Platform, brands can transform into the new digital era, creating experiences to enhance Wholesale, Merchandising and eComm that boost sales and improve efficiency. Prior to founding ByondXR, Noam founded and was the CEO of YCD Multimedia, a world leading on-site digital media provider, helping brands deliver personalized content to their customers, reaching more than 100 million people every month within thousands of venues worldwide, including some of the world’s most recognized brands such as Mercedes, Ferrari, Nike, Chanel, Hugo Boss, AT&T, Microsoft and Coca Cola. In 2008 Noam was honored to be featured by Forbes Israel as one of the country’s most influential young professionals. Prior to establishing YCD, Noam founded Netune, which provided network communication services and Intranet web applications for small and medium sized businesses. Before that, he served as a system communication manager in the Israeli Defense Force’s elite Intelligence Unit. He is a graduate of the Israeli Military Computing and Information Systems Institute. Noam loves sharing his experiences and have been the keynote speaker about consumer behavior and the evolution of digital experiences for The Economist, DLD, DSE and Digital Signage Investor, a guest speaker at Washington University, Parsons School of Design and IDC research college, and contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Frost & Sullivan and Platt Retail Institute. Being a long-time SciFi fan, Noam has been fascinated with advances in virtual reality and human-machine interfaces. He visualizes an emerging reality of digital enhancements to the human body and seamless brain-machine interfaces that extend our mental abilities into a complete and immersive sensory experience, forming new perceptions of reality.
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About ByondXR: ByondXR transforms eCommerce through immersive experiences that increase engagement, conversion and ROI
Kristin Savilia
CEO of JOOR
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About JOOR: JOOR is an online global fashion marketplace, connecting brands and retailers.
Erik Gershwind
President and Chief Executive Officer of MSC Industrial Direct
Erik Gershwind is MSC Industrial Supply Co.’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011-2012, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2009 and was elected to MSC’s Board of Directors in October 2010. For more than 15 years, Erik has managed key aspects of MSC’s business, beginning with mergers and acquisitions in 1996 and expanding into sales, product management, marketing and e-Commerce. Since 2008, Erik has led the company’s strategic team responsible for directing the business into new growth markets. In 1999, Erik established MSC’s highly successful internet business that today features more than 900,000 products and represents more than 41 percent of the company’s revenue.
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About MSC Industrial Direct: MSC helps manufacturers worldwide keep their operations up and running, no matter what.
Jacomo Hakim
CEO & Founder of BookATailor
Jacomo Hakim is the CEO at TailoredClub.
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About BookATailor, TailoredClub: Bookatailor is a custom clothing manufacturer of men and women’s clothing.
Lee Rudow
President & CEO of Transcat
Lee Rudow is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Transcat Inc. since July 2013. Prior to his current role Lee was President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2011 to June 2013. Previously, Lee was an Executive Vice President at SIMCO Electronics and President and Chief Executive Officer at Davis Inotek (now Davis Instruments). Lee earned his B.A. degree in Business Administration from Loyola University in 1986.
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About Transcat: Transcat, Inc. is a leading provider of accredited calibration, repair, inspection and compliance services including analytical instrument.
Dan Joo
Co-Founder & CEO of HAERFEST
With a mission to equip and inspire visionaries in motion, Daniel Joo, co-founder and CEO of Haerfest, focuses on making bags for the modern professional. Previously having worked at IBM as an automation developer and consultant, Daniel uses his background to seamlessly integrate fashion and technology. Daniel is the recent $100,000 prize winner of the Design Entrepreneurs NYC competition of 2016 by the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and current emerging designer in the CFDA {Fashion Incubator} program.
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About HAERFEST: Haerfest (pronounced “harvest”) is a leather accessories company based in New York City.
Kashyap Mehta
Co-Founder and CEO of Liquid Diamonds
Kashyap is the CEO of Liquid Diamonds – B2B online exchange for diamonds; think Nasdaq for diamonds. Kashyap has a background in building scalable technologies for the global audience. Previously, he built Diamond Technology Solutions, a company that specializes in enterprise software for the jewelry industry that has over 150 clients spread across 14 countries. He is an alumni of the University of Virginia and worked in the game development space starting with Hypnotix which got acquired by Electronic Arts. At EA, he led a team in 3D Physics and Gameplay Programming. Outside of work, Kashyap is an avid traveler having been to 35 countries, and takes a keen interest in wildlife photography. He has created a “bio-hacking” regimen to enable himself to be more focused, fearless and empathetic by combining vipassana meditation with western techniques of improving Heart Rate Variability.
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About Liquid Diamonds: B2B online exchange for certified diamonds; think Nasdaq for Diamonds
Brahm Meka
Founder & CEO of Brahmin Solutions
Chief Executive Officer at Brahmin Solutions.
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About Brahmin Solutions: Brahmin Solutions is a complete business platform for modern wholesalers, manufacturers and retailers.
Nicholas Stone
Founder & CEO of Bluestone Lane
Nicholas Stone is the Founder & CEO of Bluestone Lane Coffee New York
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About Bluestone Lane: Australian coffee & cafe fare, wholesale distributor, and roastery.
John Jennings
CEO of JenCap Holdings
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About JenCap Holdings: JenCap Holdings has assembled a management team with the sector insight and experience to drive organic growth
Peter Williams Sr.
CEO & CFO of Eastern Wholesale Fence
Peter Williams Sr. is the CEO & CFO at Eastern Wholesale Fence LLC.
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About Eastern Wholesale Fence: Eastern Wholesale Fence LLC was founded in 1971 as a wholesaler and supplier of fence
Cody Disch
Founder & CEO of Ace & Everett
Life-long sneakerhead turned socksman. Founder and CEO of Ace & Everett. Syracuse University 2010.
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About Ace & Everett: Fashion socks designed to stay up and stand out.
Suzan Hernandez
Founder + CEO of MamaP
With 15+ years of retail, product, brand, and management experience, Suzan leads the vision, product innovation, and go-to-market. Coupled with an MBA from Indiana University and work experience at leading companies like Nike and P&G, Suzan has a passion and drive for blending consumer products with purpose, sustainability, and design.
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About MamaP: We make it simple to switch from plastic to natural.
Natalie Kathleen
Founder and CEO of Jibs
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About Jibs: Jibs is a direct-to-consumer brand disrupting the market for athleisure + travel footwear.
