13: Ari Weinzweig - Anarchist Entrepreneur, Co-Founder Zingerman's Community of Businesses

Ari Weinzweig is CEO andco-founding partner of Zingerman's Community of Businesses, whichincludes Zingerman's Delicatessen, Bakehouse, Creamery, Catering,Mail Order, ZingTrain, Coffee Company, Roadhouse, Candy Manufactoryand the newest business—Cornman Farms.  Zingerman’s producesand sells all sorts of full flavored, traditional foods in its homeof Ann Arbor, Michigan to the tune of $60,000,000 a year in annualsales.  Ari was recognized as one of the “Who’s Who of Food& Beverage in America” by the 2006 James Beard Foundation andhas awarded a Bon Appetit Lifetime Achievement Award among manyrecognitions. Ari is the author of a number of articles and books,including Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon (Zingerman’s Press),Zingerman’sGuide to Giving Great Service,Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating (Houghton Mifflin), Zingerman’sGuide to Good Leading, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach toBuilding a Great Business, and Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading,Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Leader.Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 3; A Lapsed Anarchist'sApproach to Managing Ourselves, was released in December of 2013.Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 4; A Lapsed Anarchist'sApproach to the Power of Beliefs in Business is scheduled forrelease in the first part of 2016.Zingerman's Community of BusinessesZingerman'sMail Order FoodsZingerman'sTraining