Glen Meakem

Glen is a successful entrepreneur and business leader who has founded and built a number of companies, but his passion for preserving important information and memories goes back to 1991 when he returned from serving as a U.S. Army officer in the First Gulf War. That summer, Glen and his wife, Diane, recorded videos of their grandparents talking about their lives and values. Ever since, Glen has thought about how to permanently preserve and share those videos and other family treasures. After many years, these thoughts led to the founding of Forever in May of 2012.

Early in his career, Glen was a Manager in General Electric’s Corporate Business Development Group, an Associate with McKinsey & Company and held a range of consumer marketing and product management positions for Kraft-General Foods. Glen also served as a combat engineer officer in the United States Army Reserve. In 1990-91, he volunteered to return to active duty in the Army, took a leave of absence from Harvard Business School, and served as a platoon leader in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the First Gulf War. Glen completed his M.B.A. after returning from the war, and is also a graduate of Harvard College where he earned his B.A. cum laude.