Business Career
Sinclair spent 20 years at PepsiCo. In 1989, at the age of 38, he became CEO of Pepsi International, making him the youngest executive in company history. Sinclair was promoted in 1993 to run worldwide operations for the $40 billion food and beverage maker.
Sinclair directed Pepsi's entry into the Indian market, and recruited Pepsi's current chief executive officer Indra Nooyi . As an example of his ambition, Sinclair told Fortune magazine in 1994, "If Coke starts growing 8%, we'll do 10% or 12%." He predicted non-U.S. cola sales of $5 billion by 1995, and exceeded his goal. Sinclair retired as CEO of PepsiCo and the board of directors in 1996 at the age of 45, due to frequent travel and a desire to spend more time with his family.
Since his tenure at PepsiCo, Sinclair has served as CEO of Quality Food Centers, Inc. (NYSE), a U.S. west coast supermarket chain backed by billionaire Samuel Zell's Equity Group. After 18-months, Quality Food expanded rapidly and was successfully sold to Fred Meyer, Inc., for $1.3 billion in 1998. Sinclair helped orchestrate the deal and was a large shareholder. Fred Meyer is now owned by The Kroger Co.
More recently, Sinclair led the financial restructuring of Caribiner International, Inc. (NYSE) as chairman and CEO of this Warburg Pincus sponsored global business communications company. As well, he has served as a partner at Pegasus Capital Advisors, LP, a private equity firm and an operating partner at Tri-Artisan Partners, LLC, a New York-based merchant bank.
Sinclair currently serves as a board member of numerous public and private companies, including: Cambridge Soultions Ltd., Scandent Group Holdings, Tri-Artisan Acquisition Corp., and Mattel, Inc., where he serves on the Executive Committee. He is also a member of the Advisory board of The Water Initiative, Inc. and a director of BioVittoria, the world’s largest producer and processor of monk fruit, and the maker of NECTRESSE™. Sinclair is a former director of Foot Locker, Inc., eMerge Interactive, Inc., F.W. Woolworth Company, Merisant Company (Equal Sugar), PepsiCo, Inc., and Perdue Farms, Inc. He has served as a trustee at Brunswick School, Vermont Academy, on the Board of Overseers at the Tuck School of Business, and on the Parents' Boards at Wake Forest University and Duke University. Sinclair, along with the PepsiCo Foundation has given more than $1 million to Dartmouth College, where he endowed a scholarship and the College named a dining hall in his honor.
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