Ethnic E-Grocer Weee! Adds General Counsel, Chief Finance & Strategy Officer to Leadership Team
Weee!, the leading ethnic e-grocer in the United States, today announced the addition of two new executives to its leadership team: Ankur Shah, Chief Finance and Strategy Officer; and Thomas Jeon, General Counsel. The new leaders bring diverse experience at the intersection of retail and technology and will play a vital role in the company’s mission to bring exciting and affordable access to online grocery shoppers nationwide.
“We proudly welcome Ankur and Thomas who demonstrate the world-class team we’re building here at Weee!,” said Larry Liu, founder and Chief Executive Officer. “Their distinguished leadership and industry experience will be vital to achieving our mission: make online groceries affordable and accessible more than ever to customers adjusting to the new normal. We look forward to tapping into Ankur and Thomas’ insights to accelerate our innovation and expansion efforts across North America.”
Thomas Jeon
Vice President, General Counsel
Jeon brings nearly 20 years of experience in managing domestic and international legal affairs from private practice and as in-house counsel. As Weee!’s General Counsel, Jeon will lead all aspects of the company’s legal and regulatory matters.
Jeon joins Weee! most recently from Backcountry, and previously at eBay, Netflix, and Lucasfilm, where he has provided counsel to corporate development and strategy, business development, product, human resources, engineering, real estate and executive teams. Jeon started his career in private practice advising clients in the software and semiconductor sectors.
Jeon is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and the University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences.
Ankur Shah
Chief Finance and Strategy Officer
Shah is a global startup executive with 20 years of investing and operating experience. As Chief Finance and Strategy Officer, Shah is joining the company at a pivotal time; Weee! reached profitability last year and plans to continue its rapid expansion into key metropolitan regions nationwide in 2021.
Shah was previously a seed investor and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer at Careem, a ride-hailing company in the Greater Middle East which was recently acquired for $3.1B by Uber. Prior to Careem, Shah made venture investments in emerging markets at Acumen Fund and played multiple public service roles: helping to build more than 25 public school libraries in New York City with the Robin Hood Foundation and starting a company to provide safe drinking water to rural communities in India. Shah began his career with McKinsey & Company.
Shah holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Master of Public Administration in International Development from Harvard’s Kennedy School where he was a Reynolds and a Soros Fellow.