Fa’avae J. Fa’avae

Founder and Owner
F2 Manufacturing and Island Avenue

Fa’avae J. Fa’avae  is the founder and owner of apparel companies, F2 Manufacturing and Island Avenue, co-owner of restaurants, Beleaf Burgers and Bored & Hungry, and founder of F2 Films. F2 Manufacturing clients include, “Fashionova, Darc Sport, Diamond Supply Co, Haus of Jr, and Disney”, and many others. Lifestyle brand Island Avenue has gained notoriety for being featured in retail chains like “Macy’s, Tillys and Nordstroms” with exclusive collabs with icons like “St Regis” resorts. 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 in the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan. F2 Films recently launched it’s short film “Follow Me Home” which garnered awards and selections for upcoming 2023 film festivals in Cannes and Los Angeles. Fa’avae’s expertise include C-suite leadership, business operations, digital and IRL marketing, and B2C & B2B sales.

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.