Nelson Peltz

Billionaire investor; CEO and founding partner of Trian Fund Management

CEO and a founding partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (management company for various investment funds and accounts) (2005-present); Chairman of Triarc Companies, Inc. (holding company that owns Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc.) (1993-present); CEO of Triarc Companies, Inc. (1993-2007); Chairman and CEO of Triangle Industries, Inc. (packaging company) (1983-1988); also serves as Chairman of Trian Acquisition I Corp.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Trian Partners A privately owned hedge fund sponsor

• CEO (Nov '05→?) [+1]

• Chief Executive Officer and Limited Partner (Sep '05→?)

Legg Mason, Inc. Legg Mason, Inc. (Legg Mason) is a holding company. Legg Mason is a global asset management company.

• Director ('09→?)

Mondelēz International, Inc. Manufactures consumer food products

• Independent Director

Triangle Industries, Inc. Purchased for $1.3 billion from the state-owned French conglomerate Pechiney SA in 1988

• Manager (past)

Sysco North America marketer and distributor of foodservice products. Includes career and company information, investor relations, and recipes.

• Independent Director

H. J. Heinz Company

• Director (?→'15)

Board Memberships

Police Athletic League of New York City

• Board Member

The Wendy's Company American holding company for the major fast food chain, Wendy's

• Board Member

Wendy’s International, LLC An American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006.

• Director

Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc Jewish human rights organization

• Chairman of Board of Governors

Cornell Medical College Cornell University's medical school, in NYC

• overseer

H. J. Heinz Company

• Director ('06→?)

Mondelēz International, Inc. Manufactures consumer food products

• Board Member (Jan '14→?)

The Procter & Gamble Company World's largest consumer packaged goods company

• Board Member [+1]

• Board Member ('18→?)

Ingersoll-Rand plc (Ireland)

• Board Member (Aug '12→?)

Legg Mason, Inc. Legg Mason, Inc. (Legg Mason) is a holding company. Legg Mason is a global asset management company.

• Board Member (Nov '09→?)

Positions

No Labels Political organization whose mission is to combat partisan dysfunction in politics

• Executive Council

Milken Institute The Milken Institute is a publicly supported, nonpartisan, independent think tank, founded in the 1990's by Michael Milken and located in Santa Monica, California.

• Overseer

Donations

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Prostate Cancer Foundation The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) was founded in 1993 to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer.

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

58th Presidential Inaugural Committee Fundraising committee for Trump inauguration

• Donation · 100,000 USD (Dec 28 '16)

George E Pataki Former Governor of New York; of counsel, Chadbourne & Parke

• 4 contributions · 63,900 USD (Jan 10 '00→Jan 8 '04)

Rob Astorino Westchester County, New York

• 7 contributions · 47,000 USD (Jul 25 '11→Oct 18 '17)

NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee

• 2 contributions · 36,500 USD (Oct 21 '04→Jul 11 '10)

Andrew Cuomo former governor of New York State

• 5 contributions · 32,000 USD (Dec 11 '06→Jul 20 '15) [+1]

• Donation · 12,000 USD (May 21 '09→Dec 16 '09)

Jeanine F Pirro Fox News media personality; former judge, prosecutor and Republican politician in New York

• 2 contributions · 30,000 USD (Mar 7 '06→Sep 27 '06)

Eliot Spitzer Former Governor of New York

• 4 contributions · 12,000 USD (Jun 27 '00→Jan 9 '06)

Donald J. Trump for President, Inc Donald Trump's Campaign Committee

• Donation · 5,400 USD (Jun 7 '16) [+1]

• Donor · 2,700 USD (Jun 7 '16)

H Carl McCall Chairman, SUNY; former NYS Comptroller

• 2 contributions · 5,000 USD (Jun 9 '00→Jul 20 '00)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Citizens for a Strong America

• 2 contributions · 650,000 USD (Jan 31 '18→Mar 19 '18)

Forward Not Back

• 1 contribution · 250,000 USD (Apr 11 '18)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 5 contributions · 90,000 USD ('92→Aug 11 '16)

Trump Victory Donald Trump's Joint Fundraising Committee

• 3 contributions · 75,000 USD (Jun 7 '16→Oct 4 '17)

Romney Victory

• 2 contributions · 70,000 USD (May 24 '12→Oct 17 '12)

Winred Republican Party (GOP) fundraising platform endorsed by the Republican National Committee

• 13 contributions · 60,300 USD (Feb 14 '20→Jan 31 '21)

Take Back The House 2022 Funding more than 50 House Republicans

• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD (Jun 30 '21)

Restore Our Future PAC Super PAC tied to Mitt Romney

• 2 contributions · 50,000 USD ('12→Sep 25 '12)

National Republican Senatorial Committee

• 3 contributions · 46,850 USD ('08→'12) [+1]

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (May 26 '89)

DNC-Non-Federal Individual

• 4 contributions · 38,000 USD ('92→'00)

Holdings

Wendy’s International, LLC An American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006.

• major shareholder

The Wendy's Company American holding company for the major fast food chain, Wendy's

• major shareholder

Legg Mason, Inc. Legg Mason, Inc. (Legg Mason) is a holding company. Legg Mason is a global asset management company.

• major shareholder

Family Dollar Stores American variety store chain

• Shareholder

Family

Brad Peltz Former professional hockey player

• son

Diesel Peltz Twenty Labs CEO

• son

Matthew H Peltz Trian Partners

• Relative

Nicola Peltz Actress

• daughter

Claudia H Peltz Spouse of Nelson Peltz; former fashion model and Peltz's third wife

• wife

Claire Peltz

• mother

Edward P Garden Founding partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P.

• son-in-law

Schools

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Penn business school

• School