Abhishek Pruisken
CEO & Co-Founder, Rip Van
Abhishek is the CEO & Co-Founder of Rip Van a better-for-you snack food company. Rip Van grew from a college dorm room operation to national distribution in retailers including Whole Foods, Starbucks, Kroger and Costco and is one of the fastest growing snack brands on Amazon.
Abhishek graduated from Brown University with a BA in Applied Mathematics & Economics on scholarship. He was on both the Forbes 30 under 30 and Inc list of Rising Stars.
He plays the sarod, a classical Indian string instrument taught by the renowned multi-instrumentalist Kaustuv Ray. An avid climber he trained at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in the Garwhal Himalayas.
