Jitse Groen (born 2 June 1978) is a Dutch businessman and the founder of Takeaway.com, a food delivery platform.

[2][3] Groen founded Takeaway.com (originally known as Thuisbezorgd.nl) in 2000,[4] at the age of 21, while he was a student in Business Information Technology at the University of Twente.

[5] He came up with the idea for his business after being unable to get a takeaway delivery in North Holland for a birthday celebration with his family.

[2] Groen took Takeaway.com public on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange in 2016,[4] in order to fund expansion of Takeaway.com in Germany and other European countries.

[13] In 2021 Groen responded to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who criticized Groen for focusing his attention on his company's share price, by writing: "Start paying taxes, minimum wage and social security premiums before giving a founder advice on how he should run his business.