Ep 244 – The CEO and Founder of jack and annie’s on Accepting the Unknown
The CEO and Founder of jack and annie’s on Accepting the Unknown
On the walk of life, we all inevitably reach a fork in the road. A moment where we have to make a choice and decide which direction we want to take. When this week’s guest reached that fork, she had two options — become a doctor: just like her parents, just like she’d always planned, or pursue the uncertain unknown that is entrepreneurship. Spoiler alert: she picked the latter and still ended up improving people’s lives.
In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, we’re joined by Annie Ryu, CEO and Founder of jack and annie’s, to talk about navigating difficult decisions, the first steps to take when started a business and how to find purpose and clarity when you’re faced with the unknown.
Annie Ryu:
To say Annie Ryu’s life has always revolved around health is an understatement. She was raised by two hard-working doctors in Rochester, Minnesota, a town where ⅓ of its inhabitants are employed by one of the world’s top medical facilities. With an upbringing like that, you could say her future career as a doctor was all but planned out. But what Annie didn’t plan on, was meeting Jack.
Jack being the jackfruit, an underutilised miracle fruit and delicious meat substitute Annie stumbled upon whilst working on a healthcare venture in rural India. And just like that, her dream of improving global health and nutrition morphed from becoming a doctor to becoming a founder, and thus, jack and annie’s, a company that pioneers meat alternatives from the humble jackfruit, was born.
In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, we’re joined by Annie Ryu, CEO and Founder of jack and annie’s, to talk about navigating difficult decisions, the first steps to take when starting a business and how to find purpose and clarity when you’re faced with the unknown.
Street Cred:
Annie Ryu is the CEO and Founder of jack and annie’s, a company that pioneers meat alternatives from the world’s largest tree-borne fruit: the jackfruit. Passionate about improving the lives of farming families and making our diets more sustainable, Annie also founded The Jackfruit Company.
In 2017, Annie was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs list.
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