Jitse Groen (born 2 June 1978) is a Dutch businessman and the founder of Just Eat Takeaway.com (formerly Takeaway.com), a global food delivery platform. He is the outgoing chief executive officer of the company, having announced his resignation following the firm's acquisition by Prosus in 2025.
Early life
Groen was born in Delft in 1978 and raised in the villages Kolhorn and 't Veld. His mother worked as a teacher and his father was an automation engineer.[1] He studied business information technology at the University of Twente, but never completed his bachelor's degree.
Career
Groen founded Takeaway.com (originally known as Thuisbezorgd.nl) in 2000,[2] at the age of 21, while he was a student in Business Information Technology at the University of Twente.[3]