Bryan Meehan on the lessons he learned building three successful companies, Blue Bottle, search funds and opportunities in sustainability
Bryan Meehan is the Executive Chair and former Chief Executive Officer of Blue Bottle Coffee, a global network of ninety nine speciality coffee shops in the US and Asia.
Bryan graduated from Trinity College Dublin and started his career working for Guinness where he became a brand manager. He completed an MBA at Harvard Business School before starting his own company, Fresh & Wild, an organic food store in London. After selling Fresh & Wild to Whole Foods, Bryan started Nude Skincare, an all-natural skincare beauty line. Having sold Nude Skincare to LVMH, Bryan joined Blue Bottle Coffee as Chief Executive Officer. The company was sold to Nestlé in 2017 and Bryan became Executive Chair.
The links to Search Funds mentioned by Bryan during the podcast can be found here: 1) Description, 2) Primer and 3) Case Study.
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This episode is sponsored by Elkstone. Elkstone is a Family Office managing the wealth of its principals, with a focus on Real Estate, Venture Capital and Alternatives, and a Multi-Family Office, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, which provides both access to co-investing in their principal's investment portfolios and wealth management services to many of Ireland's entrepreneurs and High Net Worth Individuals.
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The Trinity Student Managed Fund (Trinity SMF) Podcast is for anyone interested in finance, business or technology. On the podcast Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese interviews leaders in these areas to give students an insight into careers they may wish to pursue.
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