Metropoulos

Metropoulos & Co., led by principals Dean Metropoulos, Evan Metropoulos and Daren Metropoulos, is a leading, family-owned investment firm that leverages extensive industry knowledge, operational expertise and flexible capital to revive and reimagine brands and businesses in the food and beverage, consumer products, and other diversified sectors. Over the course of four decades, the firm has invested in more than 86 entities – transforming companies, accelerating revenue and earnings growth, and propelling to renewed prominence scores of iconic brands in the U.S., Canada and Europe. These include BlueTriton Brands, Hostess Brands, Pabst Brewing Company, Utz, Pinnacle Foods, Aurora Foods, Stella Foods, The Morningstar Group, International Home Foods, Ghirardelli Chocolates, Mumm and Perrier Jouet Champagnes and Hillsdown Holdings, PLC (Premier International Foods and Christie Tyler Furniture), as well as Briggs & Stratton, Nestle Waters, Morton Salt, Chuck E. Cheese, etc., among others in a variety of industries.

The firm has also been very active as a sponsor and investor in several SPACS with the Gores Group including, Hostess Brands, Verra Mobility, Sonder, PAE, UWMC, etc.

C. Dean Metropoulos

Evan Metropoulos

Daren Metropoulos

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Featured Case Studies

Setting the stage for “the sweetest comeback in the history of ever,” Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management in April of 2013 acquired select snack cake assets from the Old Hostess company

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Under the Metropoulos’ leadership, Pinnacle became a leading manufacturer of high quality, branded convenience food products, focused on frozen and dry food segments.

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Under the leadership of co-CEOs Evan Metropoulos and Daren Metropoulos, the company’s flagship brand, Pabst Blue Ribbon, experienced a remarkable resurgence, as did its portfolio of several regional brands

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