Английская Википедия:Dennis Malamatinas
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Dennis Malamatinas (born April 4, 1955)[1] is a Greek executive and former CEO of Burger King. He has also served as CEO at a number of other companies, including Priceline Europe and Smirnoff.[2][3][4]
Career
Education and early career
Malamatinas was born to Greek parents.[5] As a child, his family lived in Tanzania and Greece before Malamatinas relocated to Chicago, where he worked in hospitality as a teenager.[5] He studied for a BSc in Economics at Roosevelt University before completing an MBA from the University of Chicago.[5]
In 1979, he started his career at consumer goods conglomerate Procter & Gamble, working at the company's international company headquarters in Geneva.[5] He also worked stints as a brand manager in P&G's Paris offices.[3] In 1986, he joined PepsiCo, working in their Middle East headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus.[6] He later became President and CEO of Pepsi-Cola Italy.[5]
Between 1989 and 1997, he held various roles at leisure and drinks conglomerate Grand Metropolitan, including global CEO of the Metaxa Distillers brand and, subsequently, CEO of vodka brand Smirnoff.[2]
Burger King
In March 1997, Malamatinas was appointed global CEO of fast food chain Burger King.[7] While CEO, the company grew to 12,000 restaurants and revenues of $12 billion.[8] As CEO, he restructured the European business and doubled the company's investment in research and development.[7] In August 2000, he stepped down as CEO as Burger King was preparing for an IPO.[9] At the time, the then-owner of Burger King, Diageo, was facing unrest from franchisees after failing to gain market share against McDonald's.[9]
Priceline Europe
In 2000, Malamatinas became Founding CEO of Priceline.com Europe.[2]
His appointment coincided with the dot-com bubble, which saw the market capitalization of the global Priceline business fall from $17 billion to $1 billion in late 2000.[2][8]
In 2001, Malamatinas assumed the role of chairman in addition to CEO.[10]
In 2002, Priceline Europe merged with Priceline USA.[11]
Later career
Since 2002, Malamatinas has also served as a Director, Chairman, or adviser to various companies.[12]
He has held roles at EQT, MidOcean Partners, FocusVision, Melitas Ventures, IBANFIRST, LIQID Asset Management, and Saxo Bank.[5][7][13][14][15]
Personal life
In 1981, Malamatinas married Danielle Mot, who he met in Geneva Switzerland while working for Procter and Gamble.[5] They have two children, Alexander and Nathalie.[6] He lives in London.[5]
Malamatinas has lived in nine countries and speaks five languages, including English, French, Italian, Greek, and Spanish.[5] He has a passion for martial arts, including Krav Maga, tai chi, Wing Chun, Judo and Okinawa Karate.Шаблон:Citation needed He holds a black belt in Karate.[6]
In 1997, he was appointed one of the five founding members of President Bill Clinton’s Welfare to Work Partnership.[16][17][18]
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