Impossible Foods
Jason Gao is the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Impossible Foods. He oversees the company’s legal, regulatory, safety & security, and governmental affairs.
Jason joined Impossible Foods in October 2018 as the Associate General Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary, overseeing corporate matters including corporate governance, equity administration, employment, legal operations, and M&A. He was later promoted to SVP, Deputy General Counsel, further expanding his role at the company.
Jason joined Impossible Foods after working for three years as a Corporate & Securities Counsel Lead, Assistant Secretary at Square Inc., where he scaled the team from before its IPO through its first several years as a public company. At Square, he focused on board matters, public company oversight and disclosures, legal issues related to equity and compensation, and corporate financings.
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Impossible Foods
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Based in California’s Silicon Valley, Impossible Foods makes delicious, nutritious meat and dairy products from plants — with a much smaller environmental footprint than meat from animals. The privately held food tech startup was founded in 2011 by Patrick O. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at Stanford University and a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Investors include Mirae Asset Global Investments, Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, Google Ventures, Horizons Ventures, UBS, Viking Global Investors, Temasek, Sailing Capital, and Open Philanthropy Project.