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Nelson Peltz is Chief Executive Officer and a founding partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (Trian Partners). Founded in November 2005 by Nelson Peltz, Peter May and Ed Garden, Trian Partners seeks to invest in undervalued and under-performing companies and to work closely with the management of those companies to enhance shareholder value through a combination of strategic re-direction, improved operational execution, more efficient capital allocation and stronger focus.
Mr. Peltz has also been a director since April 1993 and non-executive Chairman since June 2007 of Triarc Companies, Inc., where he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from April 1993 through June 2007. Triarc Companies, Inc. is a holding company, which owns Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. Mr. Peltz has also been Chairman of the Board of Trian Acquisition I Corp. since November 2007. Trian Acquisition I Corp. is a publicly traded blank check company formed to effect a business combination. In addition, Mr. Peltz and his business partner, Peter May, have various investments.
Mr. Peltz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Triangle Industries, Inc. from 1983 until December 1988, when that company was acquired by Pechiney, S.A., a leading international metals and packaging company. Mr. Peltz began his business career in 1963 when he joined his family food business.
Mr. Peltz is a director of H. J. Heinz Company. Mr. Peltz is Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Chairman of the New York Tolerance Center. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, the Board of Directors of Prostate Cancer Foundation (formerly known as CaP CURE), the Board of Directors of the Trooper Foundation and the Board of Directors of PAL. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of The Milken Institute, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Intrepid Museum Foundation and a member of the Board Directors of Avon Old Farms School.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Peltz attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. | 