About Daniel Lubetzky – Founder, Builders and KIND Snacks
Daniel’s foray into food was the unexpected outcome of his work to use business to bring neighbors in Middle Eastern conflict regions together. With the OneVoice Movement, he has helped build the largest grassroots movement of Israelis and Palestinians committed to forging a future in which both peoples can live with security, freedom, and dignity. Daniel is also a founder of Builders, a global initiative to replace “us vs. them” with a movement of flexible thinkers and constructive problem-solvers. The organization works across media, civics, and education to equip people to overcome extremist ideologies and work together on solutions.
Daniel’s perspectives on moderation, bridge-building, democracy, and social enterprise are shared regularly in TED, Newsweek, Fortune, CNN, TIME, and other news platforms. He is a five-time recurring Shark on ABC’s series Shark Tank and the author of The New York Times bestseller Do the KIND Thing.
Daniel is a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Board of Directors. He has received The King Center’s Beloved Community Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Columbia Business School’s Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics, Carnegie Corporation’s Great Immigrants Award, and The Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Civility and Compassion. Daniel was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Obama.
Daniel holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from Trinity University and a JD from Stanford Law School. He is a proud US citizen who emigrated from Mexico at age sixteen. He enjoys spending time with his family and practicing magic.
Daniel Lubetzky’s ventures foster flexible thinking and constructive problem-solving to advance the good of all people.
Inspiration
Daniel’s father not only survived the Holocaust — he saw the good in humanity despite it all. Daniel is motivated to ensure what happened to his father never happens again.
Business Ventures
Daniel is passionate about channeling business forces to achieve social good
Since introducing KIND’s Fruit & Nut bars in 2004, Daniel built KIND from one out-of-the-box idea into a multibillion-dollar global health and wellness brand committed to creating a kinder and healthier world.
Through Camino Partners, Daniel and his team partner with entrepreneurs to co-found, launch, and build new ventures, and also take meaningful positions in entrepreneur-led growth-stage ventures building value with values as their compass.
Civic Ventures
The son of a Holocaust survivor, Daniel is committed to building bridges across perceived divides to ensure nothing like what his father lived through happens again.
Builders is a non-profit public charity committed to equipping people with the skills, toolkits, and network for thinking flexibility and solving problems constructively, without resorting to hatred, dehumanization, and violence.
Empowering Israelis and Palestinians to overcome violent extremism and build toward a future in which all people can live with security, freedom, and dignity.
Equipping citizens to overcome hyper-partisanship and toxic polarization with curiosity, compassion, and problem-solving.
Keeping Americans engaged in Ukraine’s fight for freedom and safeguarding global democracy from totalitarian threats.
Daniel Lubetzky on Shark Tank
Do the KIND Thing
Daniel Lubetzky in the News
Your Passion Is Your Fuel – and your Flaw. To Strike a Balance, Listen to Your Team.
New Approaches to Polarization
Inside the strategy behind Daniel Lubetzky and former KIND execs’ investment platform, Camino Partners
Kind Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky begins new ‘journey’ with Camino Partners
The Media Is Over-Covering Divisiveness. It’s Going to Destroy Us
Asking these questions can help you succeed, says Kind founder Daniel Lubetzky: ‘Close your eyes and just think’
Kind Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky made a $220 million mistake – it turned his startup into a $5 billion company
Ukrainian Youth May Save Democracy, But They Cannot Do It Alone
Insider Q&A: Kind Founder Lubetzky on entrepreneurship
For Ukrainian students, scholarships offer a lesson in American democracy
The secret to becoming a more innovative board? Kindness, says billionaire entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky
El empresario Daniel Lubetzky busca unir a la gente con su labor y a traves de la comida mexicana
Al Punto con Jorge Ramos
Make Your Heritage Part of Your Unique ‘How’
A solution to polarisation?
A solution to polarisation?
Daniel Lubetzky on Making the World a Better Place
4 Americans Team Up to Launch New Scholarship for Ukrainian Students
Enlisting Ukrainian Students to Promote Democracy in America
How a Shark Tank billionaire runs meetings – and why he’s OK with letting discussions go off-topic
How I built KIND Snacks with Daniel Lubetzky
Both sides are minimizing violence. Americans must fight for our nation.
CNBC - SOMOS
Fox - SOMOS
Kind Bar Founder Launches Somos To Bring Traditional Mexican Flavor And Techniques To The $1.9 Trillion Latinx Market
5 ways to get a backbone in business – without becoming the company bully
The founder of $5 billion healthy snack company Kind on how to build a culture of empathy without losing your competitive edge
Founders should follow these 5 steps to turn ideas into reality
There’s only one way to stop violent extremists
Kind Snacks founder explains his ‘3 Cs of Entrepreneurship’
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan, Episode 303
Who is the Man Behind KIND?
KIND Snacks Founder: The Japanese American Hero Who Saved My Family
The Amazing Story Behind that KIND Bar You’re Eating
Daniel Lubetzky On Social