Friends of the Fridge: Private Flights and Wine Nights

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Chris Taylor
April 02, 2025

The luckiest 2,000 square feet in Austin.

Esteemed Raiders of the Fridge,

Greetings from the front porch of possibility. The firepits are phasing out, and we’ve upped our patio game. We’d love to have you over to enjoy it before summer comes along and toasts the outdoor vibe.

The best meeting room in town (until June)

In this issue: Flights with wine and flights of wine, a rare opportunity to taste even rarer rum, our ice obsession, investing in Hollywood, jumping the poker line, and more events than you could possibly attend.

Wait, what’s this? This is the once-a-month newsletter from Austin’s luckiest entrepreneur club, the Red Fridge Society. You can always unsubscribe here.

Top of the Fridge

Come rum away with me.

  • Wine Flight Join serial entrepreneur, Fridge Magnate, and pilot Anthony Gabriel and our Personal Sommelier Mario, for an evening of Spanish wines and a discussion of the economics of owning a plane or renting a jet.

  • Wine Night. Saturday the 12th, we’re hosting one of our favorite Napa winemakers, Steve Tonella. We should have a few non-member spots if you want to hop on the waitlist.

  • Get Luckier. Want to try out the Society and create some serendipity? We’re now accepting applications.

  • Ice Cold. We take all of our beverages very seriously at the Society. In addition to making our own lemon and lime pseudo citrus for our branded ice cubes, we’ve added a Red (Fridge) cherry cube. Come elevate your glass.

yes, all of our ice cubes are branded.

  • Spring Into Action. Our spring event schedule has sprung. We have coffee, wine, beer, and rum tastings, a Boozyless THC happy hour, and a Hollywood investing lunch, to name a few. More details and RSVPs are below.

  • Poker around the corner. Our quarterly 36 Founder Poker Tourney is my favorite event, but it has our longest waitlist. After members grab their seats, I give preference to founders who haven’t played with us before. Sound like you? Jump on our May tourney waitlist now.

The Monthly Magnate

What types of founders are members of the Society? Behold! Our freshest newsletter feature: The Monthly Magnate.

The April Magnate is Dr. Anthony Gabriel.

Anthony Gabriel, M.D. is a physician and founder who’s built healthcare businesses at scale by blending clinical insight with operational and tech execution. He’s best known as the co-founder and longtime President and COO of Radiology Partners, which grew from an idea into the largest radiology practice in the US, generating over $3 billion in annual revenue and employing 3,500+ radiologists nationwide. Under his leadership, RP became a pioneer in clinical AI, deploying artificial intelligence tools across 40 million imaging exams per year, making it one of the largest real-world AI platforms in U.S. healthcare.

He now advises healthcare startups, sits on a few boards, and is actively exploring his next chapter—most likely in the rapidly evolving world of longevity medicine, where clinical rigor and disruptive ambition are beginning to converge.

Outside of work (when he’s not sipping wine at the Red Fridge Society), Anthony is an instrument-rated pilot with 1,300+ flight hours. He also loves good food, travel, skiing, and spending time with his wife and three kids.

Fridge Factoids:  

  • We first met Dr. Gabriel at one of our many wine tastings here at the Fridge (where he dressed to impressed with a bottle from his cellar)

  • Magnate Gabriel, who also owns a plane, is hosting an event this month on the economics of private aviation (with a wine tasting, of course!).

What’s Fresh in the Fridge?

SXSW is behind us, so we’re back to our usual founder programming. You can check out our entire calendar, but here are some featured events. Note that “Founder Only” events are limited to founders past or present and start on a waitlist.

Feeling Lucky?

  • Join Austin’s Luckiest Entrepreneur Space. Have you been on the fence but want to try out the Society? We are now accepting applications for new Fridge Magnates.

  • Although the full bar, meeting rooms, and coworking are all great reasons to join, the community is the primary value driver of the Red Fridge Society. Our brand promise is that you’ll have a conversation at the Fridge in the first 6 months that pays for the first 2 years.

  • Memberships start at $850/month. You can apply here.

  • Want to come check out the Fridge but can’t make an event? You can grab an hour on Chris’s calendar to get a tour.

March Leftovers

March was madness, indeed! We held multiple member SXSW events, hosted legendary explorer West Hansen, tasted Usual Wines over a founder story, had our first formal dinner, and so much more.

EO Hosted a fascinating Fridgeside chat with legendary explorer West Hansen

The Post Exit Founder group went full Fridge for SXSW

That’s a wrap for our April newsletter.

Be cooler than necessary, and I hope to see you Fridge-side soon.

Proprietor, Red Fridge Society

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