Greg Ubert is Founder and President of Crimson Cup® Coffee & Tea, a specialty coffee roaster/retailer and teacher of coffee shop business success, with 2007 sales of $6.4 million based in Columbus, Ohio. Greg founded Crimson Cup® Coffee & Tea in 1991 to roast The World’s Best Coffee and teach businesses how to be successful in specialty coffee. He documented his passion for teaching others and his proven business philosophy in a book entitled Seven Steps to Success. This book provides the business template necessary to succeed in specialty coffee.

Greg is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and the service organization Rotary Club of Columbus. He serves on the advisory boards of Junior Achievement of Central Ohio and The Ohio State University School of Hospitality Management.

Under his leadership, Crimson Cup has received many business and philanthropic awards:

·        Inc. 5000 – 2007

·        Business First Corporate Caring Award - multiple years

·        Business First Fast 50 - multiple years

·        Columbus Chamber Small Business Leader Award – 2007

·        Better Business Bureau (BBB) Integrity Award – 2006

·        Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award – 2004

Greg holds a B.A. in economics from Harvard University, where he was a linebacker for the Crimson football team and a pitcher on the university’s baseball team. Greg lives in Columbus with his wife Laura and their three children: Caroline, Jack and Nick.