Luke Saunders
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
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Fun Facts
- Grew up in a real-life Brady bunch-esque household, with 6 kids from 3 different marriages all living under the same roof
- In high school, became a “46er” summiting all 46 High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains in New York State in 22 days; bears stole our food twice so did it pretty hungry
- First job after college was working at family’s industrial lubricant plant mixing grease.
Luke Saunders is the Founder & CEO of Farmer’s Fridge. An entrepreneur at heart, Luke started Farmer’s Fridge while working as a traveling salesman after struggling to find fresh, healthy and accessible food options on the road.
Since 2013, the rapidly expanding business has grown to more than 400 Fridge locations across multiple regions of the country and launched a home delivery service, serving chef-curated, restaurant-quality meals.
Based on their pioneering approach, the company was included as a TIME Top 100 Invention in 2019 and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Good Morning America, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc., Chicago Tribune, Crain’s, USA Today, NBC Nightly News, Women’s Health, CBS, O! Magazine and many more.
As a leader on the rise, Luke was honored as a Forbes “30 under 30” in 2016, a Crain’s Chicago Business “40 under 40” in 2018 and one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” in 2019. Luke graduated from Washington University in St. Louis.