Josh Sharkey

Founder and CEO of Meez

Josh Sharkey CEO & Co-Founder of Meez, is an entrepreneur, chef, and restaurant operator with over 20 years of experience in the industry (Oceana, Tabla, Bouley, Cafe Gray). After more than a decade cooking in Michelin-starred restaurants, he opened Bark Hot Dogs in 2009, which earned numerous accolades in the fast casual space. Sharkey spent five years as the Chief Operating Officer of Aurify Brands (Melt Shop, The Little Beet, Little Beet Table, Fields Good Chicken, and Le Pain Quotidien) before launching meez to the public in late 2020, following over two years of development.

During the pandemic, Sharkey used Meez’s technology to create Recipes for Relief, an initiative that made interactive recipes available for purchase with 100% of proceeds going towards restaurant relief.

Josh believes in building technology with domain empathy, ensuring software always conforms to how we operate, and fervently focusing on the finer details. Source: Meez Website

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