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Danny Meyer

Biography

Danny Meyer

Danny Meyer is the New York Times bestselling author of SETTING THE TABLE, a book on his leadership philosophy of Enlightened Hospitality; the founder of Shake Shack, which he began as a hot-dog cart in Madison Square Park; and the founder of Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), which has created some of New York’s most beloved and acclaimed restaurants, including Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Maialino, Eleven Madison Park, Tabla and more. He has been named a TIME 100 Most Influential Person and won the 2017 Julia Child Award; USHG has won 28 James Beard Awards. Danny and his wife, Audrey, live in New York City and have four children.

Danny Meyer

Books by Danny Meyer

What Could Possibly Go Right?: The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture
by Danny Meyer - Business, Leadership, Memoir, Nonfiction

In 2006, Danny Meyer owned 11 restaurants, was nurturing a single parkside burger kiosk called Shake Shack, and had just written a bestselling book, SETTING THE TABLE, about his company’s unique culture of Enlightened Hospitality. On the first page of that book, Danny proudly declared that in 25 years he had never closed a restaurant. But just a few years later, he shuttered his beloved Tabla, a decision that filled him with shame --- but sparked a reckoning within him about what it means to be a leader. Danny realized that his fear of failure wasn’t just misguided; it was an impediment to his innate entrepreneurial spirit. In WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO RIGHT?, he takes the reader along on his journey to learn how he’s delivered a winning culture of excellence at scale.