Not long after, they launched Chomps, a company that sells healthier beef jerky as a side project out of Maldonado's Chicago apartment. Chomps has grown in popularity across the country as a brand ...

Not long after, Chomps was born. Maldonado’s pitch for a “healthier” beef jerky impressed Rashid Ali, who quickly became his business partner in Chomps after the two met in 2011 during a poker night ...