XPX Tri-State CT (Hartford) - Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Please join us on May 17, as we continue to explore the exit alternatives of Hi-Tech Industries.

The unique nature of a family business presents unique challenges associated with a sale. This includes the relationships between, siblings, children, cousins, and spouses. This month’s guest panelist brings the perspective of being a third-generation family member of a company owned, operated and successfully exited by his father and uncle. At the time of the sale, Clement Pappas & Co. was one of the largest private label juice producers in the U.S. Dimitri can share some perspectives of growing up inside of a family business, family planning, going to work for the family business, and ultimately selling the family company. Dimitri will overlay his experiences with those of our case study.

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Speaker:

Dimitri Pappas, Owner, Orchard Solutions, LLC

Dimitri Pappas is the owner of Orchard Solutions, LLC, a strategic consulting firm focused on helping small and mid-sized food companies. Representative engagements have included a tofu company based in Philadelphia, a value-added produce company in South Jersey, the world’s largest cranberry grower and a major Washington State apple grower. Before founding Orchard Solutions in 2015, Dimitri worked for Clement Pappas & Company, a private label juice manufacturer started by his grandfather, for 11 years, both before and after the sale of the company to Lassonde Industries in 2011. A lawyer by training, Dimitri began his career at Ballard Spahr in Philadelphia.