Tristan Walker has served on the Board of Directors of Shake Shack since June 2020. Mr. Walker is the Founder and was the Chief Executive Officer of Walker & Company Brands, which Mr. Walker founded in 2013 and which merged with Procter & Gamble in December 2018, through June 2023. Mr. Walker is also the Founder of Heirloom Management Co., an investment fund which aims to partner with founders of disruptive companies committed to developing culturally connected products and services. Prior to founding Walker & Company Brands, Mr. Walker was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Andreessen Horowitz from 2012 to 2013. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Walker served as the Director of Business Development for Foursquare, where he oversaw strategic partnerships and monetization. In this role, Mr. Walker managed integrations with large brands and media companies including American Express, The New York Times, CNN, MTV, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and Starbucks. In 2019, Mr. Walker was named one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 “World’s Greatest Leaders.” Mr. Walker has also been named a USA Today Person of the Year, TIME 100 Next, Ebony Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful People, Vanity Fair’s “Next Establishment,” Fortune Magazine’s “40 Under 40,” AdAge “Creative 50,” and Black Enterprise’s “40 Next.” Mr. Walker is the Founder of CODE2040, a program that matches high performing Black and Latino undergraduate and graduate coders and software engineering students with Silicon Valley start-ups for summer internships. Mr. Walker served on the board of directors of Foot Locker Inc. from 2020 to 2025. Mr. Walker holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stony Brook University, where he graduated as valedictorian in 2005, and obtained an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2010.
Key Skills and Experience: Mr. Walker brings to his service on our Board of Directors a broad-based experience and deep knowledge of strategic planning in complex organizations as well as detailed understanding of brand and marketing strategies.