Don Thompson, CEO and founder of Cleveland Avenue, stands March 15, 2021, at Taste 222, the restaurant storefront for Cleveland Avenue which also serves as a culinary test kitchen for new food and beverage creations. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson helped finance Beyond Meat and Farmer’s Fridge. Now he wants to fund minority-owned startups on Chicago’s South and West sides.
