Peter Yang is the co-founder of Pokeworks. A second-generation restaurateur, Yang grew up in the restaurant industry from a young age. After a brief career in structural engineering, Yang partnered with his father to found a new restaurant in Manhattan. From here, he went on to help found Pokeworks, a Hawaiian inspired poke burrito and bowl eatery with a focus on sustainable and healthy lifestyles. Today, this chain is one of the fastest growing poke brands in the US. Yang himself has won the Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work with Pokeworks. In today’s age of globalization, diverse cultural foods are more easily accessible than ever before, thanks to entrepreneurs like Peter Yang.
This is a really neat example. I rarely think of food when I hear about entrepreneurship!