Arturo ElizondoFounder

United States - San Francisco, California,

Building a food system fit for the 21st century 🍳

Bio:
Arturo is the founder and CEO of biotech food company, The EVERY Company (fka Clara Foods), based in Silicon Valley. EVERY exists to accelerate the world's transition to animal-free protein by creating real animal protein without using a single animal – starting with the world's first animal-free egg white. Prior to founding EVERY in 2014, Arturo served under Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Credit Suisse. He hails from Laredo, Texas and holds a degree in Government & Comparative Politics from Harvard University.

Arturo has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30, GreenBiz 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders, San Francisco Business Times' 40 under 40, Smithsonian Magazine's "Ten Innovators to Watch," the 2019 Person of the Year by the National Hispanic Institute, and one of "10 Latinos who inspire the United States" by BBC World News.

He's a founding member of Newsweek's Expert Forum, a Leaders in Tech Fellow, and an Unreasonable Group x Fellow, and was awarded the "Key to the City" of Laredo, Texas, its highest honor.