As CEO and co-founder of Foodee Media Inc., Ryan Spong is addressing the $210 billion online food market. Acquired by Sodexo in 2021, Foodee serves over 4,000 corporate clients in 15 major North American cities through 800 owner-operated restaurant partners. Spong has grown his restaurant brand Tacofino Cantina to nine locations and Superbaba to three.

TOUGHEST CHALLENGE: COVID cratering three separate businesses overnight.
PET PEEVE: Currently: diapers. Generally: fixed viewpoints.
SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE: My co-founders and colleagues teach me business lessons regularly; my wife, personal ones.
FAVOURITE MEAL: Knowing that I wouldn’t have to deal with the physical consequences: Nashville hot chicken and Texas barbecue.