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Nelson Peltz (born June 24, 1942) is an American businessman and a founding partner, together with Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden, of Trian Fund Management. L.P., an alternative investment management fund, based in New York.

Early life and education
Peltz was born in 1942 to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, He was enrolled at the undergraduate program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he joined the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, but never completed his degree. Triangle was sold to Pechiney in 1988.

In 1997, through an investment vehicle they controlled, Triarc Cos, Peltz and May acquired Snapple, from Quaker Oats. Snapple, together with other beverage brands was sold to Cadbury Schweppes in 2000. The Snapple turnaround was featured as a Harvard Business School case study.

In 2006 Trian was involved in a proxy contest with Heinz to get five independent directors on the board of Heinz. In the end Trian succeeded in getting two members on the board, including Peltz.

In 2007, Trian bought a 3% share of Cadbury-Schweppes which may have influenced the spin-off of Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages from the Cadbury Schweppes confectionery group. In 2007, Trian also bought $1.8 billion in shares of Kraft Foods, roughly a 3% of the total equity of the food maker.Cite news| url = |title= Peltz Has His Slic

Mr. Mark J. Nelson is a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Beyond Meat, Inc. Mr. Nelson was previously employed as a Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President by BIOLASE, Inc., a Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer by Farmer Brothers Co., a Chief Accounting Officer, VP & Controller by Newport Corp., a Manager-Cost & Budget by C. R. Bard, Inc. (New Jersey), a Finance Director by Thermo Electron Corp., and a Chief Financial Officer by Western Energy Services Corp. /Old/. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Babson College.

Ronald L. Nelson is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 6 different companies and currently occupies the position of Non-Executive Chairman of Hanesbrands, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Avis Rent A Car System LLC and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Avis Budget Car Rental LLC. He is also on the board of ViacomCBS, Inc. and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Ronald L. Nelson previously occupied the position of Executive Chairman of Avis Budget Group, Inc. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Avis Group Holdings LLC (New Jersey) and Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Avis Budget Group, Inc.), Co-Chief Operating Officer at DW Studios LLC and Chief Financial Officer, Director & Executive VP at Paramount Communications, Inc. Ronald L. Nelson received an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Nelson Chege Kuria is currently the Chairman of the Institute of Directors (Kenya), Group Chairman of CIC Insurance Group Ltd., Chairman of SMEP.
Microbank Finance Ltd., Chairman of Africa International University, Director of The LIFE Ministry Kenya, Director of Habitat for Humanity Kenya, Director of Kenya Society of Professional Co-Operators, and General Manager of Gateway Insurance Co. Ltd.
Previously, he served as the Group CEO, Executive Director & Managing Director of CIC Insurance Group Ltd.
from 2013 to 2015.
He was also the Deputy Chairman of The Federation of Kenya Employers, Chairman of Enwealth Financial Services Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director of Kenya Reinsurance Corp.
Ltd.
from 2011 to 2012, Director of International Cooperative & Mutual Insurance Federation, Director of Kenyatta National Hospital, Director of Association of Kenya Insurers, Director of Takaful Insurance of Africa Ltd., and Chief Manager-General Insurance Division of Kenya National Assurance Co. Ltd.
Dr. Kuria obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Nairobi in 1979.

Marilyn Carlson Nelson is an American businessperson who has been the head of 7 different companies and presently occupies the position of Chairman for Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer for Carlson Holdings, Inc. (Minnesota). She is also Chairman of Minnesota Orchestral Association, Member of World Travel & Tourism Council Ltd., Member of The International Business Council and Secretary & Director at National Endowment for Democracy and on the board of 5 other companies. In the past she held the position of Chairman for Travel Industry Association of America, Chairman of National Women's Business Council, Director at Carlson Cos., Inc. and Chairman for The Mayo Clinic (Old). She received an undergraduate degree from Smith College.

Mr. Nelson J. Squires, III, is an Executive VP, GM-Electrical & Electronic Solution at WESCO International, Inc. and a Member-Local Chapter at Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Squires was previously employed as a Vice President & GM-North America Merchant Gases by Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. and a Principal by The United States Army (District of Columbia). He received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University.

Christopher Nelson is currently the Chief Information Officer & Executive VP at Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. He also holds the position of Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP at the same company.
Previously, he worked as the Vice President-Information Systems & Supply Chain at Dan River, Inc. Mr. Nelson completed his undergraduate degree at North Carolina State University and earned an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Currently, Jack M. Nelson occupies the position of Chief Investment Officer & Senior Vice President at Everest Re Group Ltd. and Chief Investment Officer at Everest Reinsurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (a subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd.). He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Utah and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael S. Nelson is Senior Vice President-Strategic Services at Universal Health Services, Inc.

Robert M. Nelson holds the position of Chief Compliance Officer at Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (Rhode Island). In the past he held the position of Director-Capital Markets at CitiCapital Group LLC. Mr. Nelson received an undergraduate degree from Bucknell University.

Presently, Nelson J. Chai holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at Uber Technologies, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of The Warranty Group, Inc. (Investment Portfolio) and President of Virginia Surety Co., Inc. Mr. Chai is also on the board of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. and The College of Arts & Sciences and Director-School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously was Co-President at CIT Group, Inc., President-Asia Pacific Region at Bank of America Corp. and Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp.), President & Chief Executive Officer of The Warranty Group, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at NYSE Group, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Archipelago Holdings, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at NYSE Euronext and Senior VP-Business Development & Controller at Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. Mr. Chai received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University.

Steven H.
Nelson is currently the Chief Executive Officer at ChenMed LLC and the Chairman at Envision Healthcare Corp.
He is also a Director at GENYOUth Foundation, U.S.
Acute Care Solutions LLC, Kadiant, Inc., US Acute Care Solutions, Inc., and PacifiCare Life & Health Insurance Co. In the past, Mr. Nelson served as the Chief Executive Officer at United HealthCare Services, Inc. from 2012 to 2014.
He was also the Chief Executive Officer at DuPage Medical Group Ltd.
Additionally, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at United Healthcare Corp.
from 2017 to 2019.
Mr. Nelson served as an Independent Director at NeurogesX, Inc. from 2011 to 2013.
He was the Executive Vice President at UnitedHealth Group, Inc. from 2012 to 2019 and the President-Eastern Region at Health Net LLC from 2004 to 2007.
Furthermore, he was the Chief Operating Officer at UnitedHealthcare, Inc. from 2000 to 2003 and the President at Health Net of the Northeast, Inc.Mr. Nelson completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Portland State University.
He also obtained a graduate degree in MBA from the University of Michigan.

Gregory H. Nelson is on the board of Eguana Technologies, Inc. In his past career Mr. Nelson occupied the position of Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President for First Solar, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of EnSync, Inc.

Currently, Kimberly K. Nelson holds the position of CFO, Chief Accounting Officer & Executive VP at SPS Commerce, Inc. Ms. Nelson is also on the board of Teradata Corp. and Calyxt, Inc. In her past career Ms. Nelson occupied the position of Finance Director at Amazon.com, Inc. and Principal at Nestlé USA, Inc. Ms. Nelson received an MBA from St. Thomas University (Florida) and an undergraduate degree from Babson College.

Sonja Nelson is currently an Independent Director at Motus GI Holdings, Inc. and the Chief Financial Officer at Ambrx, Inc. She also holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at Ambrx Biopharma Cayman, Inc. and Ambrx Biopharma, Inc. Ms. Nelson previously worked as the Director-General Accounting at Cricket Communications, Inc. from 2008 to 2012.
She then served as the Senior Director & Controller at Mallinckrodt Hospital Products, Inc. from 2012 to 2014.
From 2017 to 2021, Ms. Nelson was a Director at Inex Bio, Inc. She also held the role of Chief Financial Officer at NantKwest, Inc. from 2018 to 2021.
Additionally, she worked as the Vice President & Controller at AltheaDx, Inc. from 2014 to 2015.
Ms. Nelson has an undergraduate degree from Agnes Scott College and the University of Pforzheim.

Currently, Nelson C. Chan occupies the position of Chairman of Synaptics, Inc. Mr. Chan is also on the board of 10 other companies. Mr. Chan previously held the position of Principal at Delco Electronics Corp, Principal at Signetics, Inc., Chairman for Adesto Technologies Corp., Chief Executive Officer of Magellan Corp., Chief Executive Officer of Magellan Navigation, Inc., Executive Vice President & GM-Consumer Business at SanDisk LLC and Principal at Chips & Technologies, Inc. He received an MBA from Santa Clara University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Nelson Urdaneta is currently a Director at Dongsuh Foods Corp., Dong Suh Oil & Fats Co., Ltd., Koninklijke Douwe Egberts BV, Biscuit Brands (Kuan) Pte Ltd., Kimberly-Clark de México SAB de CV, and Kimberly-Clark Corp.
He previously worked as a Director-Financial Planning & Analysis at Ryder System, Inc. from 2002 to 2005.
He also served as a Senior Finance Director at Integrated Supply Chain Group.
In addition, he was an Independent Director at Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. from 2021 to 2022 and a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at JDE Peet's NV.
Mr. Urdaneta's education includes an undergraduate degree from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and an MBA from Harvard Business School, which he obtained in 2000.

Kerri Nelson founded Customersfirst Now LLC. Ms. Nelson is Chief Operating Officer of Clarivate Plc. In the past Ms. Nelson held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Customersfirst Now LLC and Deputy Chief Recovery Officer at State of Colorado. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa.

Karen E. Nelson is Chief Scientific Officer for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. Dr. Nelson previously occupied the position of President & Trustee at J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.

Mr. Shayne K. Nelson is an Associate at Australian Institute of Management Education & Training, a Group Chief Executive Officer at Emirates Financial Services PSC and a Member at Australian Institute of Co. Directors. He is on the Board of Directors at Emirates Islamic Bank PJSC, Emirates NBD Capital KSA and Emirates Financial Services PSC. He is a Founding Member of the Higher Colleges of Technology Industry Advisory Council. He has an extensive banking career with experience in various roles. Previously, Mr. Nelson was a Member by Association of Banks In Malaysia, a Chairman by Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Ltd., Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Private Bank and was also the Chairman of Standard Chartered Saadiq Islamic Advisory Board and a Board member of Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd, a Head-Corporate & Institutional Banking by Westpac Banking Corp. He was also a Regional CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Middle East and North Africa, Chairman of the Banking Advisory Council to the Board of the Dubai International Financial Centre. He also held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank, Malaysia Berhad. He also served on the board at British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Standard Chartered Global Business Services Pvt Ltd. Mr. Neslon also held other positions including Standard Chartered Chief Risk Officer for Wholesale Banking, Regional Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking Audit in the Asia Pacific Region and India, as well as Regional Head of Credit in Hong Kong, China and North East Asia. He was also the Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking for Westpac Banking Corporation in Western Australia.

Christopher J.
Nelson is currently the COO, Executive VP, and President-Tools & Outdoor at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. He is also the President of Carrier JV.
Previously, he held positions as President-Commercial HVAC at Carrier Corp.
and President-HVAC at Carrier Global Corp.
He was also an Independent Director at Beijer Ref AB.
Nelson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from Cornell University.

Presently, Nelson Azevedo Jobim holds the position of Chairman of Banco BTG Pactual SA, Chairman at PPLA Participations Ltd. and Member-Advisory Board at The Brasilinvest Group. He previously occupied the position of President of National Justice Council. He received a graduate degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Currently, Nelson Henrique Barbosa holds the position of Chairman at Banco do Estado do Piauí SA. Dr. Barbosa is also on the board of Inter-American Development Bank and Brasilveículos Companhia de Seguros SA and Professor at Escola de Economia de São Paulo and Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He previously held the position of Chairman for Banco do Brasil SA and Executive Secretary at Brazil Ministry of Finance. He received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a doctorate and a doctorate from The New School for Social Research.

Nelson Roseira Gomes Neto is a businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of CLE Brasil, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Compass Gas e Energia SA and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Companhia de Gás de São Paulo-Comgás. He is also on the board of Cosan Lubes Investments Ltd. and Compass Comercializacao S.A. In the past he occupied the position of Manager-Navy Division at Exxon Mobil Corp., Chief Executive Officer & Director-IR at Cosan SA, President for Cosan Lubrificantes e Especialidades SA and Vice President-Lubricants at Esso Brasileira de Petróleo Ltda. He received a graduate degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, an MBA from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from COPPEAD Graduate School of Business.

Nelson Antônio de souza currently works at Brasilcap Capitalização SA, as Chief Executive Officer, Companhia de Desenvolvimento Habitacional e Urbano do Estado, as Director, and Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio as Micro e Pequenas Empresas, as Member-State Deliberative Council.
Mr. de souza also formerly worked at Caixa Econômica Federal, as Chief Executive Officer from 2018 to 2019, Banco do Nordeste do Brasil SA (Investment Management), as Chief Executive Officer, Cia Paulista de Obras e Servicos CPOS, as Chief Executive Officer in 2019, Empresa Paulista De Planejamento Metropolitano SA, as Chief Executive Officer in 2019, Companhia De Desenvolvimento Agricola De Sao Paulo, as Chief Executive Officer in 2019, BRB Banco de Brasília SA, as Chairman from 2020 to 2021, and Banco do Nordeste do Brasil SA, as President from 2014 to 2015.
Mr. de souza received his undergraduate degree from the University of Brasília.

Nelson de Queiroz Sequeiros Tanure is currently the Chairman at PRIO SA. Previously, he worked as a Director at Gafisa SA. He completed his undergraduate degree at Boston College and his graduate degree at Ibmec Rio De Janeiro.

Yvette Peltz worked as a manager at Peltz Cos., Inc.

Mr. Danny Peltz is Executive VP & Head-Treasury Management at Wells Fargo & Co.

Stuart Walter Peltz is the founder of PTC Therapeutics, Inc., which was founded in 1998.
He held the title of Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2012 to 2023.
Dr. Peltz is currently a Director at PTC Therapeutics International Ltd.
since 1998, President & Director at PTC Therapeutics GT, Inc., Director at PTC Therapeutics Ltd.
since 2012, and Trustee at BioNJ, Inc. since 2005.
Dr. Peltz has previously worked as a Director at Biotechnology Innovation Organization from 2010 to 2015, Independent Director at Health Sciences Acquisitions Corp.
2, Professor at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, and Professor-Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Brynn D.
Peltz is currently a Partner at Clifford Chance US LLP.

Oril Peltz worked as a Principal at Third Avenue Management LLC.

Daniel Peltz currently works at The NGT Foundation, as Director from 2019, Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies, as Member-Governors Board, and The Anna Freud Centre, as Trustee.

David Peltz is currently the Director at The Possibility Project and the President at PROSE Holdings, Inc. He was previously an Independent Trustee at KEYreit from 2012 to 2013.
He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University of Waterloo.

Alan Peltz served as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Framatome U.S.A., Inc. and FCI Americas, Inc. from 1997 to 2002.
He also served as an Independent Director at La Mancha Resources, Inc. from 2007 to 2012.
Peltz holds an MBA from Pace University and an undergraduate degree from Baruch College.

Matthew Heffner Peltz is currently the Non-Executive Vice Chairman at The Wendy's Co. since 2021 and the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Trian Fund Management LP since 2008.
He is also a Trustee at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Previously, he worked as a Director at Pentair plc from 2015 to 2018, at Roark Capital Group, Inc. from 2012 to 2015, at Mavericks, Inc. from 2012 to 2015, and at ARG Holdings, Inc. from 2012 to 2015.
He was also an Analyst at Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP from 2006 to 2007.
Additionally, he served as a Principal at Liberty Harbor LLC and as a Member-Managers Board at Hu Master Holdings LLC from 2014 to 2020.
Mr. Peltz graduated from Yale University with an undergraduate degree in 2006.

Mr. Andrew E.
Peltz is a Managing Director at DRA Advisors LLC, a Member at New Jersey State Bar Association and a Member at New York State Bar Association.
He is on the Board of Directors at RMR Industrials, Inc. Mr. Peltz was previously employed as an Analyst by Tishman Speyer Properties.
He received his undergraduate degree from Clark University, a graduate degree from Rutgers University (New Jersey) and an MBA from New York University.

Richard H.
Peltz is currently the Chief Information Officer at Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co. He previously worked as a Principal at Bank of America Corp.
and as the Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at Marcus & Millichap, Inc. Peltz obtained his undergraduate degree from Marquette University.

Perri Peltz has a current job as a Director at Tribeca Film Institute.

Patrick Peltz is a Controller with the Edgewater Funds.
Prior to joining Edgewater, Patrick was a senior consultant with Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services and a senior auditor with the public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC.
Patrick tracked and prepared financial statements for various financial institutions and performed audits for clients in a variety of industries including financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Patrick earned his Bachelor’s and Masters in Accountancy degrees from Northern Illinois University.
Patrick is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Jason L.
Peltz currently works as a Director at the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago.

Nelson Yoshiaki Yabuki currently works as an Operations Director at Brasfio Indústria e Comércio Nordeste SA.

John P.
Nelson is currently the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at SilverStone Group, Inc. since 1977.
He is also a Member-Governors Board at Joslyn Art Museum.
In the past, he worked as a Director-at-Large at United Way of The Midlands (Nebraska).

Richard A.
Nelson currently works at Braille Institute of America, Inc., as Director.

Nelson B.
Schubart is currently a Partner at Company Venture Capital Management LLC since 2018.
Prior to this, he worked as an Analyst at Trafelet & Co. LLC.
He also worked as a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC from 2008 to 2011.
Mr. Schubart completed his undergraduate degree at Tufts University and earned an MBA from New York University.

Bradley J.
Nelson is the founder of Aeon Scientific AG, Oxyle AG.
He is currently a Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology since 2002.
Previously, he worked as an Engineer at Motorola, Inc. and Honeywell International, Inc.

Ellen Paige Nelson currently works as a Director & Vice President at Family Residences & Essential Enterprises, Inc.

Thomas H.
Nelson is currently the President & Representative Director at Tumi Japan KK.
Previously, he worked as the Senior Vice President-Asia Pacific Region at Tumi Holdings, Inc. from 1999 to 2012 and as the Director-International Sales Division at Tapestry, Inc. from 1995 to 1999.

Mike Nelson is the founder and currently holds the position of Chief Technology Officer at Guideline, Inc. which he founded in 2015.
He previously held the position of Chief Technology Officer at SkillSlate, Inc.

David Nelson currently holds the position of President & Director at Pilchuck Contractors, Inc.

Benjamin Nelson currently works as a Vice President at Pilchuck Contractors, Inc.