DukeNY Career Conversations: Matt Weiss ’00, Founder & CEO, RIND Snacks
Matt shares his successful career journey from Investment Research to Founder and CEO at RIND Snacks, a better-for-you snack brand focused on whole fruit nutrition. After a nearly two-decade career in finance, Matt launched RIND in 2017. Prior to RIND, Matt spent 20 years in investment research at Baron Capital in New York. Matt also serves as the Founder and President of Friends of Chelsea Green, a grassroots non-profit dedicated to preserving open green space in lower Manhattan.
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Matt Weiss ’00
Founder & CEO, RIND Snacks
After a nearly two-decade career in finance, Matt Weiss ’00 launched RIND, a better-for-you snack brand focused on whole fruit nutrition, in 2017. Prior to RIND, Matt spent 20 years in investment research at Baron Capital in New York. Matt also serves as the Founder and President of Friends of Chelsea Green, a grassroots non-profit dedicated to preserving open green space in lower Manhattan. Matt, a Trinity class of 2000 graduate, lives in New York City with his wife Joanna Cohn Weiss ’99 and their three children.
RIND is a breakout functional snack brand in the better-for-you CPG space. The company makes a line of unique and crave-able whole fruit snacks that maximize nutrition & minimize food waste. RIND is available in over 3,000 retail locations nationwide, including Whole Foods, Wegmans, CVS and The Fresh Market as well as leading online platforms such as Thrive Market, Imperfect Foods, Hungryroot and Amazon.
Gabe Tsuboyama ’00
Managing Director & Head of Event Driven Strategies, Third Point LLC
Gabe Tsuboyama ’00 is a Managing Director and Head of Event Driven Strategies at Third Point LLC. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager at HBK Capital Management, where his responsibilities included risk arbitrage and special situations. Gabe was an A.B. Duke scholar at Duke University and graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and economics. He previously served on the Duke Annual Fund Advisory Board. Gabe lives in NYC with his wife Angie Lessuise ’00 and their four children.