Brent Ridge, MD, cofounded Beekman 1802 in 2008 and has worked alongside Josh Kilmer-Purcell to lead the company ever since. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Ridge was Vice President of Healthy Living at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. He also built a distinguished medical career as a specialist in geriatric medicine, completing a fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and joining the faculty there as an assistant professor. He founded the Martha Stewart Center for Living at the Mount Sinai Hospital, one of the world's leading geriatric centers.

Josh Kilmer-Purcell cofounded Beekman 1802 in 2008 with Brent Ridge and has helped lead the company ever since. He is also a New York Times bestselling author, with three memoirs to his credit: I Am Not Myself These Days, Candy Everybody Wants, and The Bucolic Plague. Prior to founding Beekman 1802, Josh was an award-winning creative director at several top New York City advertising agencies, serving clients including Delta Air Lines, Absolut Vodka, Target, Nestlé, and Unilever.