Lecture Series
Event Date

September 12, 2012 at 12:00PM - September 12, 2012 at 1:00PM

Location

Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Zalmi Duchman

CEO The Fresh Diet

Topic: Growing a Company from Scratch: The Fresh Diet Story

Time:
4:00 pm – Lecture begins

Zalmi Duchman is Chief Executive Officer and the Founder of YS Catering dba, The Fresh Diet. He began operations on January 1, 2006, with three clients. While Zalmi "shopped and dropped", his wife "cooked and packed". Today, Zalmi has grown his business to become the largest US food producer in the freshly-prepared, daily delivery category - which now delivers meal plans to thousands of clients nationwide.

Consequently, Zalmi and The Fresh Diet have earned numerous prestigious accolades over the years, including making the Inc. 500 list consecutively in 2010 and 2011, The Forbes Top 20 Most Promising US Companies List in November of 2011, as well as being an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Nominee in both 2011 and 2009.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Zalmi has lived in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Israel. He attended school in Miami until reaching high school. He then attended a Yeshiva boarding school in Los Angeles where he met his roommate, Yosef Schwartz with whom he started The Fresh Diet with. Zalmi is a board member of the PSF Friendship Circle, a special needs children charity.

More information on the Speaker Series can be found on the Distinguished Speaker Series webpage.