Daniel Lubetzky

Daniel Lubetzky (born 1968) is an American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, author, and founder and executive chairman of snack company Kind LLC.

Lubetzky is the son of Sonia and Roman Lubetzky.

A Holocaust survivor and a Lithuanian Ashkenazi Jew, Lubetzky's father was a partner in International Bonded Warehouses and United Export Trading Association, two duty-free shop chains with headquarters in Laredo, Texas.

Daniel Lubetzky was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico.

As a teenager, he moved with his family to the U.S.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and international relations, graduating magna cum laude, from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

As an undergraduate, he studied abroad in Israel and France.

Lubetzky then earned his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1993.

In 1993, Lubetzky was awarded a Haas Koshland Fellowship to write about legislative means to foster joint ventures between Arabs and Israelis.

While carrying out his research, he discovered a sun-dried tomato product that provided the foundation for PeaceWorks Inc. in 1994.

PeaceWorks is a "not-Only-for-profit" business pursuing both peace and profit.

Its flagship brand – Meditalia – is made through cooperation among neighbors striving to co-exist in the Middle East.

In 2002, he co-founded the OneVoice Movement, an international grassroots effort, to amplify the voices of moderate Israelis and Palestinians seeking to end the conflict.

In 2003, concerned about unhealthy snacking choices and the rising obesity and diabetes epidemic in America, Lubetzky launched Kind Snacks with the slogan "Kind to your body, your taste buds and your world".

In March 2008, Lubetzky married Michelle Lynn Lieberman, a physician.

They have four children.

Lubetzky is the cousin of three-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki.

While in college Lubetzky created a retail watch operation, Da'Leky Times.

After graduating from law school, Lubetzky worked briefly at Sullivan & Cromwell and at McKinsey & Company.

In 2010, Lubetzky co-founded Maiyet, a luxury fashion venture committed to partnering with artisans in developing economies to create high-end products, while promoting self-sufficiency and entrepreneurship.

In 2015, Kind was the fastest-growing snack company in the US.

In 2015, President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker named him a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship.

In 2018, Lubetzky founded a New York-based family office, Equilibra, which backs entrepreneur-run businesses that offer packaged goods to consumers; investments include Greek yogurt brand Ellenos, and social enterprise Yellow Leaf Hammocks.

As of November 2021, Lubetzky had a net worth of $2.2 billion.

Lubetzky established Equilibra Partners Management Inc. in 2018.

The firm backs entrepreneur-run businesses that offer packaged goods to consumers.

Since 2019 Lubetzky has been a recurring guest shark on Shark Tank from Season 11-Present.

In November 2020, it was announced that Kind North America would be purchased by Mars in a deal worth $5 billion.

Lubetzky said he would retain his stake in the company and remain involved in its operations.

In September 2021, Lubetzky teamed up with two of Kind's former executives to create Somos (meaning "we are" in Spanish), an authentic Mexican food company.

In January 2023, Lubetzky relaunched Equilibra as Camino Partners, a business incubation and investment platform.

In May 2020, Equilibra purchased a 25% stake in Yellow Leaf Hammocks for $1 million when Lubetzky sat as a guest shark on Shark Tank.

In 2020, Equilibra invested $18 million in Greek yogurt company Ellenos.

Towards the end of the year, it made a $250,000 investment in FitFighter, a fitness brand which began with equipment for firefighter training programs and expanded to full-body fitness tools and workouts.

In 2021, Equilibra purchased a 10% stake in Quevos, an egg white protein snacks company, also on Shark Tank.

That same year, they invested in Tandm Inc., a family-owned business that created a tandem boogie board.

Other investments include: Cava Group, Justin's, Krave Jerky, gimme Snacks, Chapul, food company Belgian Boys, and HummViewer.

Lubetzky is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Do the Kind Thing, Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately.

The book is based on Lubetzky's entrepreneurial experience, and was inspired by his father's stories from the Holocaust.

Lubetzky has also published multiple opinion posts to CNN describing his opinions on how to stop violent extremists and lessons he will pass onto to his children.