2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Toby Espinosa is the Vice President of Ads at DoorDash. In this capacity, he leads DoorDash’s ads and promotions business unit responsible for building digital solutions to help advertisers reach all of DoorDash’s audiences. Prior to his current role, Toby was VP of Business Development at DoorDash and he was responsible for the company's largest partnerships across the restaurant, grocery, corporate, and retail categories. DoorDash has partnered with several of the largest merchants in the world including Walmart, McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Brinker International, and The Cheesecake Factory. Previously, Toby was a member of the operations team at DoorDash, responsible for the business units in Phoenix, Vancouver, and Atlanta.

Prior to DoorDash, Toby was an investor at Henry Crown and Company, a family owned and operated investment company whose holdings include diversified manufacturing operations, private equity, banking, oil and gas and real estate companies. He has held operations and investment roles at Google/Lux Capital and is a Lecturer at Stanford Engineering School. Toby graduated with an A.B. from Brown University and an M.S. from Stanford Engineering School. Notable accolades: "2020 Forbes 30 Under 30, 2023 San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40, 2025 Path to Purchase Institute Retail Media Innovator Award