Via the company he founded, Gottfried is providing a healthier, daily bread to local neighborhood groceries and markets for convenient access no matter where consumers live. After two years of planning and building, the company has grown to serving more than 40 restaurants, grocers and local markets in its first year of business. It also delivers extra bread to local food shelters.

Personal motto:

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you’ve imagined.”

Most important quality for a leader:

Confidence. Confidence in the product, the brand and the vision because if you can’t see it clearly, your team certainly won’t.

Memorable embarrassing moment:

Getting my king cake destroyed on national television and my wife filming my reaction and posting it online, which eventually got about 5 million views online.

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