Nelson Peltz
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Trian Fund Management
Biography
Nelson Peltz co-founded Trian Fund Management in 2005 with Peter May and Ed Garden. Before that, he and May built Triangle Industries in the 1980s and turned round Snapple through Triarc between 1997 and 2000. Trian takes large stakes in consumer and industrial companies and pushes for operational change, often through board seats. Its campaigns have included Procter & Gamble, Unilever and two proxy fights at Disney, the second of which he lost in April 2024.
In their own words
Letters and reports
- Trian Partners – press releases trianpartners.com
Profiles
- Trian Partners – about the firm trianpartners.com
Trian Fund Management’s largest US holdings
- GE AerospaceGE35.6%
- Janus Henderson GroupJHG31.5%
- SolventumSOLV15.0%
- FergusonFERG1GBX6.1%
- Wendy’sWEN6.0%
- GE HealthCare TechnologiesGEHC4.7%
- InvescoIVZ1.0%
- Magnum ICE CreamMICC0.1%
Also at Trian Fund Management
- Josh Frank Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer
- Matthew Peltz Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer