Ben McKean
Ben McKean is the Founder and CEO of Hungryroot, a direct-to-consumer brand of fresh vegetable-based packaged foods. Hungryroot’s mission is to change the perception of vegetables from something people feel they should eat into something they crave. Prior to Hungryroot, Ben was a Vice President and General Manager at Groupon, overseeing their food and beverage business. Ben came to Groupon through the acquisition of Savored, which he founded in 2009. Savored was the nation’s leading provider of yield management technology to the restaurant industry. Prior to Savored, Ben worked in Merrill Lynch’s technology investment banking group. Ben is graduate of Georgetown University and currently lives in New York City.
