Johann Moonesinghe
Hospitality & Finance Expert
Johann Moonesinghe is the CEO and co-founder of inKind, a restaurant growth network serving more than 8,000 restaurant partners and over five million guests across the United States. inKind pairs upfront capital with technology and demand tools designed to help great restaurants grow. Johann co-founded inKind with his husband, Andy Harris, after successful early-stage technology investments and the sale of his previous company gave them the resources to begin building the business. For years, institutional investors struggled to understand a model that combined restaurant capital, guest demand, and technology. Johann and Andy funded the company largely with their own money, eventually selling their home, liquidating their retirement savings, and going all in on the belief that restaurants deserved a better way to grow. It was not until 2021 that inKind raised its first significant institutional equity capital. Today, the company is valued in the billions, while Johann, Andy, and their family remain its majority owners. That experience shaped Johann’s belief that transformative businesses are often built long before their models become obvious to the broader market. Johann is also the owner of RDM Hospitality, which operates four restaurants: three locations of The Guest House and Ember ATX. Remaining an active restaurant operator gives him a direct view into the realities of hospitality—from uneven demand and rising costs to the human work required to create a restaurant people love and return to. Across both inKind and RDM Hospitality, Johann’s work is guided by a simple principle: technology should strengthen hospitality, not replace it. He believes artificial intelligence can give independent operators access to the customer intelligence, financial resources, and decision-making capabilities once reserved for the largest restaurant companies, while allowing chefs, servers, and restaurateurs to spend more time on the profoundly human work of hospitality.
