Harvey Nelson

Harvey founded and grew Main Street Gourmet (MSG), along with his long time friend, Steve Marks. Starting in downtown Akron in 1986, with a building purchased at a sheriff sale, they renovated the entire building, as well as, creating and opening a retail muffin shop. Eventually, MSG matured into a custom bakery manufacture, residing in a 75,000 sq. ft. facility, shipping product throughout the United States. Throughout the journey the business was sold to venture capital, bought back, sold to PE, then sold a last time to PE in 2019. It was a fun ride!