Team News Portfolio Giving Photos 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 Meet Our Team 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 FULL CASE STUDY Under the Metropoulos’ leadership, Pinnacle became a leading manufacturer of high quality, branded convenience food products, focused on frozen and dry food segments. FULL CASE STUDY 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 FULL CASE STUDY View our investment portfolio. In the News The Advocate Zapp's chip brand owner Utz goes public in merger aimed at next 100 years of growth August 31, 2020 Pulse 2.0 Gores Metropoulos (GMHI): Luminar Going Public In $3.4 Billion Merger August 24, 2020 The Hollywood Reporter Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Films at Playboy Mansion (Exclusive) September 13, 2018 Boston Globe In a sweet plot twist, the owner of Twinkies is Necco’s buyer June 1, 2018 The Wall Street Journal Maker of Necco Wafers Finds New Owner in Sweetheart Deal June 1, 2018 MSN New Playboy Mansion Owner Strikes Deal to Preserve Historic Estate March 6, 2018 lovemoney The Playboy Mansion's owner who made a fortune reviving classic brands February 2, 2018 The Howard Stern Show THE BUMBLEE TUNA KID SAVES TWINKIES Reuters Nestle to sell N.American water brands for $4.3 billion, focus on premium lines February 16, 2021 Bloomberg Man Who Saved Pabst Comes to Rescue Nestle’s Ailing Water Brands February 16, 2021 Wall Street Journal Nestle to Sell Poland Spring, Pure Life and Other Water Brands for $4.3 Billion February 17, 2021 The Wall Street Journal Metropoulos Doubles Money in Less Than Two Years on Utz Stake Sale January 16, 2018 News archive Tel: 310.695.1941 Fax: 310.695.1979 info@metropoulos.com