- Company
- The Kitchen Restaurant Group
- Role
- Co-Founder & CEO
- Est. Net Worth
- $5 Million (Est.)
- Stage
- Emerging
- Industry
- Hospitality
Kimbal Musk
Co-Founder & CEO at The Kitchen Restaurant Group
About
Kimbal Musk co-founded The Kitchen Restaurant Group, a collection of community-focused restaurants across the American West built around locally sourced, farm-to-table food. He also founded Big Green, a nonprofit that has built hundreds of outdoor learning gardens at schools nationwide, and sits on the boards of Tesla and SpaceX.
Current Company
The Kitchen Restaurant Group — Co-Founder & CEO
From Tech to Farm-to-Table Restaurants
Kimbal Musk grew up in South Africa alongside his brother Elon and moved to North America to attend Queen's University. After co-founding Zip2 with Elon and selling it for $307 million, Kimbal pivoted away from technology to pursue his passion for food. He enrolled at the French Culinary Institute in New York and later founded The Kitchen Restaurant Group, a collection of community-focused, farm-to-table restaurants.
The Kitchen operates restaurants across Colorado, Memphis, Indianapolis, and other cities, each built around partnerships with local farmers and ranchers. Kimbal Musk's restaurants emphasize seasonal menus, community gathering spaces, and transparent sourcing — a model designed to reconnect diners with the food system.
Growing Food Education at Scale
Beyond restaurants, Kimbal Musk founded Big Green, a nonprofit that has installed hundreds of outdoor learning gardens in schoolyards across low-income communities nationwide. These gardens serve as classrooms where students learn about nutrition, biology, and environmental stewardship while growing real food.
Kimbal Musk's dual focus — profitable farm-to-table restaurants and free educational gardens — represents a distinctive approach to food system reform. He sits on the boards of Tesla and SpaceX and brings his entrepreneurial background to the hospitality and food education spaces, working to make fresh, real food accessible to communities that need it most.