# Sam Polk

> Sam Polk is the co-founder and CEO of Everytable, a Los Angeles social enterprise that sells fresh, scratch-made meals priced to what a neighborhood can afford. A former hedge fund trader who walked away from a multimillion-dollar Wall Street career, he chronicled that exit in the 2016 memoir 'For the Love of Money' and has since built Everytable into a food-justice company that has raised more than $100 million and distributed millions of affordable meals through grab-and-go stores, SmartFridges, and direct-to-consumer delivery.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Everytable
- **Organizations:** Everytable, Groceryships, FEAST
- **From:** Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA in English, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Everytable, which has raised more than $100 million and grown to roughly 170 employees, Distributed millions of affordable, scratch-made meals across Los Angeles and beyond, Pioneered neighborhood-based sliding-scale pricing where the same meal costs different amounts by location

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Graduated from Columbia University with a BA in English
- **2002-2010** — Worked on Wall Street, including a stint at Bank of America and as a senior trader at a major hedge fund
- **2010** — Walked away from Wall Street after objecting to a multimillion-dollar bonus
- **2013** — Founded Groceryships / FEAST, a nonprofit supporting low-income families around food and health
- **2015** — Co-founded Everytable, launching the affordable grab-and-go meal concept in South Los Angeles
- **2016** — Published memoir 'For the Love of Money' (Scribner / Simon & Schuster)
- **2022-08** — Everytable raised a $55M Series C round to expand across Southern California, the Bay Area, and New York

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Everytable, which has raised more than $100 million and grown to roughly 170 employees
- Distributed millions of affordable, scratch-made meals across Los Angeles and beyond
- Pioneered neighborhood-based sliding-scale pricing where the same meal costs different amounts by location
- Author of the 2016 memoir 'For the Love of Money', a Wall Street addiction-and-redemption story
- Founded the nonprofit Groceryships / FEAST to support low-income families struggling with diet-related health
- Built a social-equity franchise model to bring fresh food into underserved communities

## Latest updates

- **2022-08** — Everytable closed a $55M Series C round led by impact investors including Creadev, Desert Bloom Food Ventures and Gullspang Re:food to fund national expansion.
- **2023-06** — Listed as last raising capital around mid-2023 as the company continued scaling its store, SmartFridge, and franchise footprint.

## Links

- Website: https://everytable.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/polksam
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SamPolk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sampolk/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/everytable/

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