C. Dean Metropoulos

C. Dean Metropoulos is an American investor and businessman, he was the owner of Pabst Brewing Company, which was founded by Jacob Best in 1844. According to Forbes, Mr. Metropoulos has a net-worth of $1.2B USD as of September 2012.^[2] He is 66 years old, lives in Greenwich, CT with his wife and he has two children: Evan and Daren Metropoulos. He is #360 Forbes 400 list. C. Dean Metropoulos holds a BA/BS and MBA from the private business school Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Some of the buy build private equity transactions of C. Dean Metropoulos have included: Pinnacle Foods, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, International Home Foods, Perrier-Jouët and Pabst Brewing Company^[3]

C. Dean Metropoulos is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of C. Dean Metropoulos and Company. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut. C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. has been involved in over 72 acquisitions with over $12 billion in invested capital.^[4][5] The company jointly owns Hostess Brands along with Apollo Global Management.

On September 18, American entrepreneur Eugene Kashper, backed by TSG Consumer Partners, announced an agreement to acquire Pabst Brewing Company from C. Dean Metropoulos & Co for $700 million. ^{[6] [7]}

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