Chloe Sorvino

Thanks to a push from Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and MAHA influencers, Ancient Crunch sells 500,000 bags of its $13 seed-oil-free Masa chips every month. The founders hope to build the LVMH of healthy snack foods.

In 2022, hungover one morning on New Year’s trip to Miami Beach, Meta engineer Steven Rofrano saw his friend Seth Goldstein, then working in private equity, eating a bunch of “not very high-quality” tortilla chips. Rofrano, who always tried to eat...

George Ball’s 150-year-old seed company invented iceberg lettuce, the Big Boy tomato and other groundbreaking vegetables along the way to growing a $110 million business. Meet the man with the gold thumb.

Since taking over Emeril's, his father's iconic New Orleans restaurant four years ago, 23-year-old chef E.J. Legasse has nearly tripled its revenue, landed on the World's 50 Best list and understands that “restaurants are a team sport.”

Since taking over Emeril’s, his father’s iconic New Orleans restaurant four years ago, 23-year-old chef E.J. Lagasse has nearly tripled its revenue, landed on the 50 Best list in North America and understands that “restaurants are a team sport.”

Hot sauce has been one of the hottest sectors of the food industry and third-generation owner ‘Pepper' Baumer has built Crystal, his family's century-old business, into a $50 million Southern staple. “I'm a walking billboard.”

Hot sauce has been one of the hottest sectors of the food industry and third-generation owner ‘Pepper’ Baumer has built Crystal, his family’s century-old business, into a $50 million Southern staple.

Read this exciting story from Forbes US June/July 2026 issue. The third generation usually destroys the family business, but JIM PERDUE ended up growing his family’s century-old poultry company tenfold by focusing on all-natural premium meats—beyond chicken—and not following the flock.

Greg Flynn has more than 3,000 restaurants—including Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and more—that bring in over $5 billion of revenue each year. Here’s why he’s doubling down.

For the past decade, Greg Flynn has been America's largest franchisee, and now he is the largest in the world. But he a voracious appetite for more.