Adnan Durrani

Mr. Durrani is the founder and CEO of Saffron Road Foods. As a serial food entrepreneur, Mr. Durrani has been a leading venture capitalist for nearly 30 years.

In 1991, Mr. Durrani founded Vermont Pure Springs (Crystal Rock Water) which grew to become the 2nd largest bottled water brand in the Northeast. He also was a partner and principal shareholder in Stonyfield Farms, Inc., which sold to Groupe Danone in 2001.

Additionally, Mr. Durrani was a principal of Delicious Brands, Inc., which he scaled, with the financial backing of Carl Icahn, to become the 5th largest cookie brand in the U.S. Adnan has been recognized as one of the entrepreneurs who engineered “20 Ideas That Changed The Way The World Does Business”. The select list of these inductees include: Ben Cohen (Ben & Jerry’s), Gary Hirshberg (Stonyfield Farms), Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize, Grameen Bank), and Steve Case (AOL).

Mr. Durrani is presently the Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and is also Co-Chair of Columbia’s SEAS Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. He also actively serves on the Fast Company Impact Council, an invitation-only collective of innovative leaders, and on the Board of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI).