Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P.
Mr. Peltz attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Peltz has more than 40 years of business and investment experience and over 20 years of service as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of public companies. Mr. Peltz has developed extensive experience working with management teams and boards of directors, and in acquiring, investing in and building companies and implementing operational improvements at the companies with which he has been involved. As a result, he has strong operating experience and strategic planning skills and has strong relationships with institutional investors, investment banking and capital markets advisors and others that can be drawn upon for the Company’s benefit. Mr. Peltz has also gained extensive experience in the foodservice industry through his service on the boards of directors of H.J. Heinz Company, Mondelēz International, Inc. and The Wendy’s Company. Mr. Peltz was recognized by The National Association of Corporate Directors in 2010, 2011 and 2012 as among the most influential people in the global corporate governance arena.
Mr. Peltz has served as a director of The Procter & Gamble Company since March 2018 and as a director and non-executive Chairman of The Wendy’s Company since June 2007. He also served as a director of Legg Mason, Inc. until July 2020 when it was acquired by Franklin Resources and also served as a director of the Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company) since it was separated from MSG Networks Inc. (formerly, The Madison Square Garden Company) in September 2015, and prior to that, as a director of MSG Networks Inc. since December 2014. Mr. Peltz previously served as a director of Mondelēz International, Inc. from January 2014 to February 2018, Legg Mason, Inc. from October 2009 to December 2014, Ingersoll-Rand plc from August 2012 to June 2014 and H.J. Heinz Company from September 2006 to June 2013.