Robert Gamgort
Robert J. Gamgort is an American businessman who is the executive chairman and former CEO of Keurig Dr Pepper, the seventh largest food and beverage company in the United States. Gamgort became president and CEO in July 2018, upon the completion of the merger between Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, and added the responsibility of Chairman in January 2019. In 2024, Robert Gamgort stepped down as CEO and now holds the position of Executive Chairman of the Board.
Education
Gamgort received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and studied at the London School of Economics. Gamgort went on to earn an MBA degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.Career
Before Keurig Dr Pepper
Gamgort started his career in marketing at General Foods, which later merged with and became Kraft Foods. He later became President of Major League Baseball Properties, where he transformed the league’s marketing capabilities and played a key role in the resurgence of baseball’s popularity after the 1994 strike.Gamgort left MLB Properties to join Mars, Incorporated, initially to lead marketing for M&M/Mars, then serving as General Manager of its Chocolate Unit and later becoming President for Mars’ North American portfolio of businesses.
In 2009, Gamgort was named CEO of Pinnacle Foods, owned at the time by The Blackstone Group. In his seven years at Pinnacle Foods, Gamgort significantly increased the value of the company and built a diversified portfolio of well-known brands through a series of acquisitions including, Birds Eye Foods, Wish-Bone Salad Dressings, Gardein Plant Based Protein and Boulder Brands. Gamgort also led Pinnacle’s successful IPO on the NYSE in 2013.