Jim McCann

The man who revolutionized the floral industry grew up with a bare patch of lawn outside his home occupied not by flowers, but by weeds. How ironic that Jim McCann would go on to take a single flower shop on Manhattan’s East Side and turn it into a billion-dollar omni-channel retailer, and one of the world’s leading gourmet food and floral gift providers. It was Jim’s belief in the universal need for social connections and interaction that led to his founding of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. and today as a highly successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, public speaker and published author, Jim’s passion remains the same – to help people create better more meaningful relationships.