Fa’avae J. Fa’avae is the founder and owner of apparel companies, F2 Manufacturing and Island Avenue, and co-owner of restaurants, Beleaf Burgers and Bored & Hungry, and owner of movie studio F2 Films. Fa'avae starred in his first movie role alongside actor Ving Rhames and the late Nipsey Hussle, the 2010 classic, "Caged Animal". F2 Manufacturing clients include, “Fashionova, Darc Sport, Diamond Supply Co, The Leverage Showroom, Haus of Jr, The Lakers, Disney”, and many others. Lifestyle brand Island Avenue has gained notoriety for being featured in retail chains like “Macy’s, Tillys and Nordstroms”. As co-owner of Beleaf Burgers, Fa’avae’s community connection helped develop a strong plant base community within the OC and Los Angeles area, with an offering of all your childhood favorites, but all plant based! Fa’avae’s leadership and vision from the inception of Bored & Hungry, the world’s 1st NFT restaurant, helped launch the concept in record time, garnering viral media coverage worldwide, combined with the most recent accomplishment of winning the best burger in America live on Good Morning America. Bored & Hungry has expanded, with locations launching in South Korea, Philippines, and Japan.

With a passion to always give back, Fa’avae established The T.U.T Foundation, Triumphant Under Tragedy, in honor of his brother who tragically passed in 1992. The T.U.T Foundation holds its annual Christmas event, “Christmas in Carson” providing free toys, clothes and food for less fortunate families within the Los Angeles area. The “TUT Academy” is slated to launch in 2023, in which it will provide basic fundamentals in Entrepreneurship, Stocks, Coding, Real Estate, and Web3”, for low income communities in Los Angeles.

Fa’avae is a former Division 1 Football Athlete, and graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California Berkeley.