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David Segal

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President at Highbeam
📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David Segal is a serial entrepreneur, best known as the "David" of DAVIDsTEA, which he grew into a $200M retail giant. He now serves as President of Highbeam, a business banking platform. A graduate of McGill University, he also co-founded Firebelly Tea and Mad Radish, and co-hosts the "Big Shot" business podcast.

Outside of company-building, David has a deep passion for tea, evolving from a business idea into a personal hobby of collecting rare teas like others collect wine. He champions the idea of balancing ambition with gratitude and recovery, a philosophy he calls "Friday Dave vs Monday David. " He also explores his Jewish heritage by archiving entrepreneurial stories.

As a passion project, he co-hosts the "Big Shot" podcast to archive the stories of legendary Jewish entrepreneurs for future generations.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
President
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Scaling Ventures
He co-founded and scaled DAVIDsTEA to a $200M public company and now invests in and advises other growing consumer brands like SAUZ and EDGE.
Fintech for CPG
As President of Highbeam, he is focused on building a banking and cash management platform specifically to help consumer product brands run more profitably.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
President
Highbeam
1-2022
Co-Founder
Firebelly Tea
7-2017
Co-Founder
Mad Radish
4-2007 - 3-2016
Co-Founder
DAVIDsTEA
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Education
2000 - 2004
Bcom
McGill University
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