Dean Metropoulos

Charles Dean Metropoulos is an American billionaire investor and businessman of Greek descent. He was the owner of Pabst Brewing Company, which was founded by Jacob Best in 1844. On the Forbes 2019 list of the world’s billionaires, he was ranked #962 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion. 

• C. Dean Metropoulos is best known for saving the iconic Twinkies and Hostess Brands.
• Through his Metropoulos & Co, he’s also turned around and sold Chef Boyardee, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Bumble Bee Tuna and others.
• Metropoulos and private equity firm Apollo bought Hostess Brands in 2013 and later took it public. Most recently he’s been selling his shares.
• The Greek-born entrepreneur is a trustee of the National Hellenic Museum located in Chicago.
• Metropoulos made his first American acquisition at the age of 32, when he acquired a cheese company in his wife’s native Vermont.
• Metropoulos, along with private equity titan Alec Gores, took blank check company Gores Metropoulos public in February 2019.