Leading Executives in Take Out, Take Away, Food Trucks
Tony Xu
Co‑founder & CEO. , DoorDash
Co-founded DoorDash and scaled it to the largest U.S. meal‑delivery platform; in 2025 announced deals to acquire Deliveroo and SevenRooms to expand globally and into restaurant software.
Website | LinkedIn (company) | X / Twitter (company)
Andrew Macdonald
President & Chief Operating Officer. , Uber (Uber Eats)
Runs day‑to‑day operations across Uber’s platform as President & COO, with Delivery (Uber Eats) reporting into him following the June 2025 reorg.
Website | Leadership bio | X / Twitter (company)
Howard Migdal
Chief Executive Officer. , Grubhub (a Wonder company)
Took over as CEO and is leading Grubhub’s integration into Wonder after the January 2025 acquisition, including a major restructuring to align the businesses.
Jitse Groen
Chief Executive Officer. , Just Eat Takeaway.com
Founder who built Takeaway.com into a European leader and led the Just Eat merger; continues to helm JET through market consolidation in 2025.
Will Shu
Founder & Chief Executive Officer. , Deliveroo
Co‑founded Deliveroo and steered it to its first annual profit in 2024; in 2025 agreed to a recommended takeover by DoorDash (regulatory approvals progressing).
Website | Board page | X / Twitter (company)
Russell Weiner
Chief Executive Officer. , Domino’s Pizza, Inc.
Leads the world’s largest pizza delivery brand, expanding digital carryout/delivery and partnerships while executing Domino’s ‘Hungry for MORE’ strategy.
Website | Leadership page | X / Twitter (company)
Todd Penegor
President & Chief Executive Officer. , Papa Johns
Former Wendy’s CEO recruited in August 2024 to lead Papa Johns’ next phase of digital and international growth.
Scott Boatwright
Chief Executive Officer. , Chipotle Mexican Grill
Longtime operations chief elevated to CEO after Brian Niccol’s August 2024 departure, charged with sustaining Chipotle’s off‑premise and digital momentum.
Michael J. Skipworth
President & Chief Executive Officer. , Wingstop
Former CFO who became CEO in 2022 and accelerated Wingstop’s digital and international growth to over 2,500 restaurants.
Website | Investor relations leadership
Noah Glass
Founder & Chief Executive Officer. , Olo
Pioneered enterprise online ordering and delivery rails used by leading restaurant brands, powering tens of thousands of locations’ takeout channels.
Website | About Us (leadership) | LinkedIn (Noah Glass)
Marc Lore
Founder & Chief Executive Officer. , Wonder Group
Serial entrepreneur building a ‘super app for mealtime’; acquired Grubhub in Jan 2025 to integrate marketplace delivery with Wonder’s fast‑fine platform.
Website | Press (Grubhub acquisition)
Travis Kalanick
Chief Executive Officer. , CloudKitchens (City Storage Systems)
Uber’s co‑founder now leads one of the world’s biggest ghost‑kitchen networks, providing delivery‑only kitchen infrastructure and software to restaurants.
Robert Earl
Co‑founder & Chairman. , Virtual Dining Concepts
Planet Hollywood founder who co‑created VDC, the virtual‑brand company behind celebrity concepts like MrBeast Burger and Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen.
Website | About / Team | Personal site
Ahmed Abouelenein
Chief Executive Officer. , The Halal Guys
Second‑generation leader who helped turn a famed NYC halal cart into a global fast‑casual brand with a passionate takeout following.
Roy Choi
Co‑founder & Chef. , Kogi BBQ
Chef credited with igniting the modern food‑truck movement by merging Korean and Mexican flavors and pioneering social‑media‑driven pop‑ups.
Website | Instagram | X / Twitter
Greg Liberman
Chief Executive Officer. , Roaming Hunger
Marketplace and agency CEO scaling the U.S.’s largest food‑truck booking platform and experiential marketing arm (RMNG) after his 2024 appointment.
Matt Cohen
Founder & Chief Executive Officer. , Off the Grid (SF)
Founder who professionalized Bay Area food‑truck markets and expanded into large‑scale catering and disaster‑response meal deployments.
Website | TechCrunch profile/interview
David (Dave) Scrivano
President & Chief Executive Officer. , Little Caesars
Veteran operator leading the world’s largest privately‑owned pizza chain, known for HOT‑N‑READY carryout and aggressive digital pickup/delivery expansion.
Website | PR (leadership quotes)
Ilir Sela
Founder & Chief Executive Officer. , Slice
Third‑generation ‘pizza kid’ who founded Slice to give 15,000+ independent pizzerias big‑chain‑grade digital ordering, loyalty and delivery tools.
Website | About (Slice for Owners)
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