{"id":207997,"date":"2026-02-02T19:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.partner.co\/?p=207997"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:31:21","slug":"darren-zobrist-profiled-in-newsweek-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.partner.co\/en-ca\/darren-zobrist-profiled-in-newsweek-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Zobrist Profiled in Newsweek Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\">Recently, our Founder and CEO, Darren Zobrist, was featured in an article in Newsweek Japan, one of the country&#8217;s premier journalistic outlets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Path to Helping Others<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\">The piece begins by delving into Darren\u2019s history \u2014 his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, his time on Wall Street and his fateful trip to Mexico, where the seed for what would become the largest producer of sushi-grade tuna, Anova Food Group, was planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\">After growing Anova to a global powerhouse in the seafood world \u2014 it would become an international cooperative involving tens of thousands of fishermen across 13 countries that simultaneously greatly improved the lives of the fishermen who caught the tuna \u2014 Darren realized he wanted more from life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\">\u201cThat was a turning point in my career because I realized that I could help people totally change the direction of their lives and take control over their own future,\u201d he said of his experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Philosophy of True Partnership<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\">The article then looks more into that philosophy and how it helped shape what would become Partner.Co. Being able to uplift others, Darren realized, was his true calling, and to do so, he focused on the idea of true partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>At the end of the day, I want the businesses I lead to mean more and help people change their lives for the better. That\u2019s the lens we look through at Partner.Co when we carry out our mission of powering health and prosperity around the world.<\/p><cite><span style=\"color: #221F1F;\">Darren Zobrist, Founder and Chief Executive Officer<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\">A Company With Soul<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\">As Partner.Co continues to grow into a company with real soul, Darren shares his belief that every person positively impacted by the work we do sends that influence outward. One life touched leads to another, creating a ripple effect that reaches far beyond what we can see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\">You can check out the full article in the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#221f1f\"><em>Note: The article is in Japanese.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-69d22fdda7f89 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweekjapan.jp\/stories\/business\/2025\/11\/576890.php\" style=\"background-color:#29524d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the Article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, our Founder and CEO, Darren Zobrist, was featured in an article in Newsweek Japan, one of the country&#8217;s premier journalistic outlets! The Path to Helping Others The piece begins by delving into Darren\u2019s history \u2014 his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, his time on Wall Street and his fateful trip to Mexico, where the seed for what would become the largest producer of sushi-grade tuna, Anova Food Group, was planted. After growing Anova to a global powerhouse in the seafood world \u2014 it would become an international cooperative involving tens of thousands of fishermen across 13 countries that simultaneously greatly improved the lives of the fishermen who caught the tuna \u2014 Darren realized he wanted more from life. \u201cThat was a turning point in my career because I realized that I could help people totally change the direction of their lives and take control over their own future,\u201d he said of his experience. The Philosophy of True Partnership The article then looks more into that philosophy and how it helped shape what would become Partner.Co. Being able to uplift others, Darren realized, was his true calling, and to do so, he focused on the idea of true [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":207998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1186],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Journal | Partner.Co: Darren Zobrist Profiled in Newsweek Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Partner.Co Founder and CEO Darren Zobrist was recently profiled in Newsweek Japan, one of the premier journalistic outlets in the country.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.partner.co\/en-ca\/darren-zobrist-profiled-in-newsweek-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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