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Ethan Brown
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Ethan Brown

American businessman (born 1971)

Ethan Walden Brown (born 1971) is an American executive who is the founder, president and CEO of Beyond Meat. Before founding Beyond Meat, Brown worked on alternative energy and electricity grid restructuring at the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices before joining fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Ethan Brown (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1971.1

Companies

Holdings

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Shares held

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Recent filings

  • Sep 14, 2026Shares withheld for tax 421 shares at $10.31 of Beyond Meat16
  • Jun 1, 2026Shares withheld for tax 12,583 shares at $0.78 of Beyond Meat17
  • Mar 2, 2026Shares withheld for tax 14,562 shares at $0.83 of Beyond Meat18
  • Jan 6, 2026Shares withheld for tax 2,095,318 shares at $0.93 of Beyond Meat19
  • Dec 29, 2025Gift 418,542 shares of Beyond Meat20
  • Dec 1, 2025Shares withheld for tax 12,501 shares at $1.34 of Beyond Meat21
  • Nov 28, 2025Shares withheld for tax 1,975 shares at $0.98 of Beyond Meat22
  • Nov 19, 2025Granted 19,874,772 shares of Beyond Meat23
  • Oct 31, 2025Granted 4,416,616 shares of Beyond Meat24
  • Oct 16, 2025Granted 3,905,535 shares of Beyond Meat25
  • Oct 15, 2025Gift 24,000 shares of Beyond Meat26
  • Sep 2, 2025Shares withheld for tax 12,559 shares at $2.37 of Beyond Meat27
  • Aug 28, 2025Shares withheld for tax 1,975 shares at $2.54 of Beyond Meat28
  • Jun 2, 2025Shares withheld for tax 8,848 shares at $3.11 of Beyond Meat29
  • May 28, 2025Shares withheld for tax 1,392 shares at $3.03 of Beyond Meat30
  • Mar 12, 2025Shares withheld for tax 439 shares at $3.33 of Beyond Meat31
  • Mar 3, 2025Shares withheld for tax 21,013 shares at $3.08 of Beyond Meat32
  • Feb 28, 2025Shares withheld for tax 4,246 shares at $3.16 of Beyond Meat33
  • Feb 28, 2025Shares withheld for tax 1,598 shares at $3.16 of Beyond Meat33
  • Dec 13, 2024Sold 313,000 shares at $3.75 of Beyond Meat34
  • Dec 13, 2024Exercised options 492,877 shares at $0.93 of Beyond Meat34
  • Dec 12, 2024Shares withheld for tax 621 shares at $3.91 of Beyond Meat34
  • Dec 12, 2024Sold 83,000 shares at $3.93 of Beyond Meat34
  • Dec 12, 2024Sold 79,772 shares at $3.90 of Beyond Meat34
  • Dec 12, 2024Exercised options 473,129 shares at $0.93 of Beyond Meat34

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedColumbia Business School3
  • Date not recordedColumbia University Master of Business Administration, Connecticut College3

Brown grew up in and near Washington, D.C., and also spent time during his childhood on his family's farm in Maryland. He is a graduate of George School (Newtown, PA).

Brown holds an undergraduate degree from Connecticut College, a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, a school founded by his father Dr. Peter G. Brown, and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School in 2008.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ethan Brown (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: businessperson, environmentalist, chief executive officer.8

Early career

Brown served as Vice Chairman of the Board at the National Hydrogen Association and Secretary of the U.S. Fuel Cell Council.

Beyond Meat

In 2009, Brown visited a research center at the University of Missouri that was looking for additional uses for soybeans, a major Missouri resource. There, he met researchers Fu-hung Hsieh and Harold Huff, who were working on technology to replicate the texture of meat using plant proteins. Brown acquired the technology license for the process, and founded Beyond Meat in 2009. On May 2, 2019, Brown rang the opening bell at Nasdaq when Beyond Meat went public under the symbol BYND. Brown is also a director of The PLANeT Partnership, Beyond Meat's joint venture with PepsiCo.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ethan Brown (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States9

Brown is married to Tracy Brown, has two children, and lives in Southern California. He became a vegetarian in high school and is now vegan.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ethan Brown (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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