Geoff Bartakovics
Geoff Bartakovics | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 24, 1977 |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupations | Co-founder and CEO, Housing.Cloud |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO, Tasting Table |
Geoff Bartakovics is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and the author of a cookbook, Tasting Table: Cooking with Friends, published by Flatiron Books in 2019.[1] He is the co-founder and former CEO of Tasting Table,[2] a digital media brand targeting food influencers.[3] Bartakovics is currently the CEO of Housing.Cloud, which he co-founded with Sasha Bratyshkin.
Early life and education
[edit]Bartakovics studied English literature at the University of Chicago,[4] and comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Hamburg as a Fulbright Scholar.[5][6][7]
Career
[edit]Prior to launching Tasting Table in 2008, Bartakovics was a project manager in asset-backed finance at UBS Investment Bank.[8]
In 2019, he sold Tasting Table to Static Media and joined real estate development firm Artifact as COO.[9] Bartakovics co-founded Housing.Cloud with Sasha Bratyshkin, backed by Bienville Capital.[10]
Recognitions
[edit]- In 2012, Bartakovics was named one of Out magazine's OUT 100.[11]
- Bartakovics was named an "Insurgent of 2010" by The New York Observer, recognizing him as one of the young New Yorkers impacting media, politics, business, culture, and style.[12]
- In 2009, he was named one of "40 Food Thinkers under 40" by Food & Wine magazine.[13]
Books
[edit]- Bartakovics, Geoff (2019). Tasting table cooking with friends: recipes for modern entertaining (First ed.). New York: Flatiron Books. ISBN 9781250139535.
References
[edit]- ↑ "4 steps to throwing a successful dinner party, according to the CEO of a foodie site with 8 million readers". Business Insider.
- ↑ "Geoff Bartakovics & Nick Fauchald: E-Entrepreneurs". Food & Wine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ Silver, Shani. "Geoff Bartakovics Tasting Table CEO Home". Domino. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ↑ Tucker, Nikki (11 April 2016). "Co-Founder & CEO of the Tasting Table Shares His Haute Guide to NYC". Haute Living. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ↑ "Graduate students receive the most Fulbrights". The University of Chicago. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Startup Stories: Geoff Bartakovics of Tasting Table". About.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ↑ "Tasting Table CEO Geoff Bartakovics: A Week In The Life". HuffPost. 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "HOW PASSION GUIDED A BIG CAREER SHIFT FOR A BANKER TURNED TASTING TABLE CEO". Fastcompany.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ Jacobson, Aileen (29 January 2020). "Sugar Hill, Manhattan: The Sweet Life of Old New York". The New York Times.
- ↑ "The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 6/13/2023 – AlleyWatch". AlleyWatch.
- ↑ "Out100: Scott Hocker, Bob Tuschman, Geoff Bartakovics, Rita Sodi, Jody Williams, Brady Konya". Out.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "The Insurgents of 2010". Observer. 22 December 2009.
- ↑ "40 Food Thinkers 40 and Under: Jennifer Rubell". Food & Wine.