Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2009
PATRICK KENNY served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Drinks
Americas Holdings, Ltd., since it was founded in September 2002, and has been
the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of its Board
of Directors since March 2005. He is a former Senior Vice President and General
Manager of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, for which he held a variety of senior
management positions over 22 years, with increasing levels of responsibility in
Seagram's wine, wine cooler, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage divisions. Mr.
Kenny managed Seagram's worldwide carbonated soft drink operations from 1992
through March 2000. He held the title of Senior Vice President and General
Manager when he left Seagram in March 2000, prior to its sale to Vivendi
Universal. In April 2000, he co-founded Sweet16 Intermedia, Inc., a trademark
licensing and media company that was sold to TEENTV Inc., a media company for
chain retailers and mall properties. He has also acted as adviser to several
Fortune 500 beverage marketing companies, and has participated in several
beverage industry transactions. Prior to joining Seagram, Mr. Kenny was employed
in a range of sales and sales management positions with Scott Paper Co. and then
Coca Cola's Wine Spectrum. He initially attended West Point (U.S. Military
Academy), until an athletic injury required lengthy treatment. He later received
a BA at Georgetown University and an MA at St. Johns University in New York. Profile
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Mr. Kenny: Drinks Americas is a premium beverage company
