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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 Local 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.
Ralf Wenzel
Founder and CEO of JOKR
Ralf Wenzel is the Berlin- and New York-based founder and CEO of JOKR, the global platform for instant grocery and retail delivery at a hyper-local scale. Email [email protected] Ralf has an almost 20-year track record of building companies up from scratch, bringing their products to consumers globally, and leading diverse teams. Prior to founding JOKR, he built three companies, including foodpanda, one of the world’s most successful food delivery businesses across 40 countries, which he later merged with Delivery Hero and led through an initial public offering. He also built Skrill, the first e-wallet and leading online payments company in Europe, and Tocororo Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Ralf previously operated his businesses with a focus on emerging markets, particularly in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. He has also served as Managing Partner at Softbank. Wenzel holds a degree in computer science from Berlin University.
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About JOKR, SoftBank: JOKR is a grocery and delivery platform that provides hyper-local product delivery services.
Tarik Sansal
Founder & CEO of Romio
Tarik Sansal is an internet entrepreneur. He is currently the founder and CEO of Romio, a smart social real estate search engine which leverages neighborhood networks (Romio is going live shortly). Previously, Tarik was the founder of onTargetJobs.com, currently #3 vertical job site behind Dice and Linkedin. Tarik created the original strategy for onTargetJobs.com and assembled the original management team by bringing in Allen Paschal as CEO and Curt Thompson as CFO. onTargetJobs.com is a Warburg Pincus backed company (WarburgPincus.com). Prior, Tarik started InvestmentPositions.com, a job site focused on recruitment of investment professionals which evolved into RecruitmentBox, a multi vertical recruitment technology provider to vertical publishers. Tarik started his careers in investments. He was the 1st investment analyst at Moon Capital (www.MoonCapital.com), the emerging markets hedge fund. He is passionate about leveraging socially conscious internet ventures to make a positive social impact. He also has ideas around new alternative investment models which leverage a socially conscious approach to deliver superior returns to investors. Tarik wrote white papers which were published and reference in financial media such as The Financial Times.
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About Romio: Romio let’s you book “trusted” local services (Housekeeper, Runner, Dog Walker…) through recommendations from local experts and friends
Tobias Peggs
CEO of Square Roots Urban Growers
Brit in NYC. Strengthening communities through #realfood as @squarerootsgrow CEO. Previously. @Aviary CEO (acquired by Adobe); @OneRiot CEO (acquired by Walmart). ex-Fluency (speech recognition); Netdecisions (e-commerce consulting); i-Dmagazine (lifestyle publishing).
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About Square Roots Urban Growers: Square Roots Urban Growers is a farming accelerator that assists companies in creating local food businesses.
Puneet Talwar
Founder, CEO & Director of Munch Ado
Founder, CEO & Director at Munch Ado.
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About AY Digital, Bravvura, Bravvura Ventures, Munch Ado: Munch Ado is a fully-managed marketing / e-commerce growth platform for restaurants.
Brian Litvack
CEO & Co-Founder of LeagueApps
Brian manages the LeagueApps team and works closely with product, marketing, acquisition and account management. Most importantly he orders pizza and/or trophies to mark company milestones. Brian has been a digital sports junky his whole career and previously worked in business development roles at CBS Sports, College Sports Television and the Official College Sports Network.
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About LeagueApps: LeagueApps is the operating system and professional community for the most enterprising youth and local sports organizers.
Alex Beltrani
Co-founder & CEO of Tattle
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About Tattle: Tattle is a Customer Experience Improvement (CXI) platform built for hospitality.
Frank Curci
Director & Chief Executive Officer of Tops Markets
Frank Curci has been the Chairman of the Board at Tops Holding II Corporation since December 1, 2013 and its Chief Executive Officer. Curci serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Tops MBO Corp. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Tops Markets, LLC since December 2007 and as its Chairman of the Board since 2013. He serves as Managing Member of Tops PT, LLC and Chief Executive Officer of TOPS GIFT CARD COMPANY LLC. He serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Tops Markets II Corporation. He served as the President of Tops Markets, LLC from 2007 to October 2015. He has 25 years of supermarket experience. Curci served as the President of Tops Holding II Corporation since December 2007 until October 5, 2015. He served as President of Tops Markets, LLC. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Giant Food, Inc. since June 25, 2003, a subsidiary of C&S Wholesale Grocers, where he led the start-up of two chains emphasizing the neighborhood grocery store format and also served as Chief Operating Officer of Southern Family Markets, LLC. At Ahold from 1995 to 2003, he held senior leadership positions at the BI-LO chain in South Carolina and Edwards Super Food stores on the East Coast. Curci also spent nine years at Mayfair Supermarkets, which operated as Foodtown in New Jersey. He has been Director of Tops Holding II Corporation (Tops Holding Corporation) since December 2007 and serves as Director of Tops Gift Card Company, LLC. He serves as a Director at Tops MBO Corp. He served as Director of TOPS MARKETS LLC, Managing Member of Tops PT, LLC. Curci earned an M.B.A and a B.A. Degrees from Rutgers University.
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About Tops Markets: Tops Markets operates as a full-service grocery retailer.
Michael Koch
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of HubKonnect
Michael Koch is the Co-Founder & CEO of HubKonnect.
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About HubKonnect, Koch Global Ventures, MIT – Sloan School of Management, QSR AI Research Lab: HubKonnect is the worlds #1 AI data-driven Local store marketing platform.
Andrew Landis
Founder & CEO of LuckyDiem
Andrew Landis is the Founder & CEO of LuckyDiem.
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About LuckyDiem: The Largest Card-Linked Offer Platform with Gamified Loyalty and Rewards Program.
Michelle Himden
CEO of Cityami
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About Cityami: Leveraging technology for better service, Cityami is the new wave of short term rental management
Kathryn Tucker
Founder and CEO of RedRover
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About RedRover, The Commons Project Foundation: RedRover is a curated event listing platform that enables users to discover information on local activities and purchase tickets.
Logan Pepchinski
Founder + CEO of CraftHounds
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About CraftHounds: CraftHounds is the world’s first Fresh Craft marketplace providing consumers with on-demand delivery of local craft beverages in U.S. cities
Edward J. Pettinella
President and CEO of Home Properties
Mr. Edward J. Pettinella is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Home Properties Inc., since January 1, 2004. He is also a Director. He joined the Company in 2001 as an Executive Vice President and Director. From 1997 until February 2001, Mr. Pettinella served as President of Charter One Bank of New York and Executive Vice President of Charter One Financial, Inc. From 1980 through 1997, Mr. Pettinella served in several managerial capacities for Rochester Community Savings Bank, Rochester, NY, including the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pettinella serves on the Board of Directors of Manning & Napier, Inc. (NYSE:MN), where he serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. He is also a Board member of Rochester Business Alliance, National Multi Housing Council and Syracuse University, as well as a member of ULI and NAREIT. Mr. Pettinella is a graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo and holds a Masters in Business Administration degree in Finance from Syracuse University.
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About Home Properties: Home Properties cares about our residents and we want you to be happy in your new home. Read about Our Pledge to You
Denis Pershin
Co-Founder & CEO of Gamma Telecom
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About Gamma Telecom: Founded in 2008, Gamma Telecom is a New York, Moscow and Novosibirsk based telephone service provider.
Eric Wong
Chief Executive Officer of Swill
I am an entrepreneur focused on building dynamic businesses that center around web, mobile technology and social dynamics. I am currently the CEO of Swill, a mobile commerce platform, is simply the easiest way to order popular brands of alcohol for on-demand delivery. Find what you want, click to purchase, and have your order in hand in an hour or less.
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About Swill: Swill is an online delivery platform that enables its users to find and buy from among a range of alcohol products.
Jim Hood
Co-Founder and CEO of Facing Addiction
Jim Hood is Co-Founder and CEO at Facing Addiction.
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About Facing Addiction: Facing Addiction is proud to announce a comprehensive resource hub to help you find the independent and local support.
Daniel Rubinshtein
Co-Founder and CEO of RankMyDentist.com
Daniel Rubinshtein is a graduate from New York University College of Dentistry and is currently doing his residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was able to witness the advancement of American dentistry by being involved in his parents’ dental practice from early childhood. In dental school, Daniel became the President of the student body as well as the founder of the C.H.A.N.C.E today charity, which helps children who are in need of medical assistance. In addition, Daniel founded MBM (marketing and business management), the first business organization available in his school, in order to introduce the business aspect to the field of dentistry and thus merge his two passions. Daniel hopes to be a strong contributor to the accomplishments of the dentistry of tomorrow.
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About RankMyDentist.com: Are you in search to find a dentist? Rank My Dentist provides dentist reviews of top dentists to help you find a dentist for you.
Elias Li
CEO and Founder of Fyllan
Elias Li is the CEO and Founder of Fyllan.
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About Fyllan: Fyllan is a mobile platform that enables local service-based businesses to monetize their time by pre-selling their services.
Irfan Verjee
Chief Executive Officer of Vestec
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About Vestec: Vestec develops various speech technologies by leveraging advances in artificial intelligence research.
Alexander Gavares
CEO & Founder of Kronoz
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About Kronoz: Location based platform for on demand home and business services
Rolland Johnson
Chairman/CEO of Three Eagles Communications Company
Rolland Johnson is Board of Director at Radio Advertising Bureau.
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About Three Eagles Communications Company: Three Eagles Communications is a broadcast group that offers local entertainment to its community.
Timothy Sweeney
CEO of Peak Ecommerce
Founder of Peak Ecommerce a digital marketing agency helping businesses leverage the power of online marketing and Google to connect with their customers and audience online, and to generate revenue.
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About Peak Ecommerce: Digital marketing agency helping businesses leverage the power of online marketing and Google.
Spencer Carmona
Co-founder & CEO of Bzar
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About Bzar: Buy and sell with people near you.
Eric Straus
President & CEO of RegionalHelpWanted.com
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About RegionalHelpWanted.com, Transworld Business Advisors: RegionalHelpWanted.com is an online directory that helps users to find local jobs.
Edward Brady
Founder & CEO of Musika
Edward Scott Brady made international history in the fall of 2000 when he became the “first American musician to be a residence in a Russian orchestra. (The Moscow Symphony Orchestra)” (The New York Times, 2000). American Ambassador to Russia James Collins stated Brady was invited for his “uncompromising integrity, exceptional talent and unwavering leadership.” His historic residency with the Moscow Symphony was managed by Edie Holbrooke, a high profile advocate of American-Russian relations, and was covered throughout Russia in numerous newspapers, television, and radio. Brady and Holbrooke were honored at the famed Spaco house in front of dignitaries, politicians, and high-ranking Russian officials. Mr. Brady, seen as an “emerging talent on a world scale,” (the Royal Gazette) gained national recognition at the age of 25 when he was honored with the Panasonic National Young Performers prize, and was a prize winner in the Crane Festival of New Music National Solo Performer Competition. Edward Scott Brady made his European recital debut at Ireland’s National Concert Hall to critical acclaim, and has been heard in recital at such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Throughout the 90s, Brady toured the world, performing over 1000 times in major concert halls in such cities as Paris, Madrid, Prague, Dublin, Cannes, Budapest, Miami, Barcelona, St. Petersburg, Rome, Houston, Moscow, Bruno, Marseilles, Graz, Los Angeles, Bermuda, and Milan, among others. He has also performed as a member of the American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall.
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About Musika: In-person and online music lessons
Kevin Wolfe
CEO of WaWaPoP
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About WaWaPoP: WaWaPoP is the largest free local classifieds site in the world. Find used cars, jobs, roommates, real estate, stuff for sale and more.
Brooke Webb
CEO and Co Founder of The Kids Time
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About The Kids Time: Families discover new things to do and places to go, anytime, anywhere! Family Fun on demand.
