13 Facts About Josh Tetrick

Joshua Stephen Tetrick was raised in Birmingham, Alabama where he lived until his family relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Josh Tetrick was a football player in high school and went on to play at West Virginia University, where he shared the scout team player of the year award in 2000.

In 2004, Josh Tetrick received a BA in Africana studies from Cornell University and received a JD degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

Josh Tetrick was a participant in the Fulbright Scholar program, although he did not complete it, and taught street children in Nigeria and South Africa before beginning his business career.

Josh Tetrick has said in multiple interviews that he spent seven years in Africa, but it was in fact three years.

Josh Tetrick was hired by the Liberian government to work on the reform of Liberia's investment laws for its president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a job that he has said in interviews he was not qualified for at the time but learned a tremendous amount in doing.

Josh Tetrick worked on other social campaigns, including teaching street children and working to encourage child prostitutes to move away from lives on the streets and into schools.

Josh Tetrick began initial business plans and meetings with Khosla Ventures, a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm later that summer.

Josh Tetrick has been interviewed for his work with Hampton Creek in Bloomberg Businessweek, NPR, and The New York Times.

In June 2013 Josh Tetrick spoke at a TED conference in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on the future of food.

That same month, CNBC named Hampton Creek to its annual "Disruptor 50" list and invited Josh Tetrick to appear live on air with Jim Cramer.

Josh Tetrick invested $37,000 of his own money into Hampton Creek in 2011, shortly before Khosla Ventures provided $500,000 in seed funding to the company.

Josh Tetrick is responsible for attracting investors including Li Ka-Shing, Peter Thiel, and Vinod Khosla to Hampton Creek, and his efforts have resulted in a total of $120 million in fundraising for the company.