Entrepreneurial Equity Partners Team

CJ has an extensive and successful track record as an investor and operating executive focused on building and leading consumer goods businesses. Prior to co-founding e2p, CJ led a variety of consumer businesses including roles as Chairman and CEO of Shearer’s Foods, a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier for the snack industry; CEO of Sara Lee North America; General Manager of GMC, Buick, and Pontiac for General Motors Corporation; and VP of Colas at PepsiCo, where he had started his career and held progressively responsible positions. CJ currently serves on the boards of e2p portfolio companies Bil-Jac Foods, MBC Companies, Sara Lee Frozen Bakery and World Food Holdings. He previously was an active investor and board member of Salm Partners, an e2p realized portfolio company, Gehl Foods, Nonni’s Biscotti, Darden, Sabre Holdings, and Shearer’s Foods, which are not e2p portfolio companies. CJ earned a BS in Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.