Better Made Snack Foods names Catherine Gusmano as CEO
Better Made Snack Foods has named Catherine Gusmano as its new CEO, the Detroit-based company announced Friday.
Gusmano, current chairman of the board, is a second-generation family member leading the potato chip company her father, Peter Cipriano, co-founded with Cross Moceri in 1930. She replaces her brother Sam Cipriano, who died last month at age 80. He had served as CEO for 10 years.
The board appointed Gusmano unanimously. She will continue to also serve as chairman of the board, the company said.
“Cathy is open minded and approachable, and has a strong sense of ownership,” Dave Jones, president of Better Made Snack Foods, said in a release. “She’s Better Made’s matriarch and she’s looking forward to the continued growth of the company.”
Better Made stays in the family with new CEO
Gusmano represents second generation leadership of the Detroit-based snack maker
Catherine Gusmano
Better Made Snack Foods has named Catherine Gusmano its new leader.
Gusmano was appointed as CEO by the Detroit-based company s board, it announced Friday. She fills the role left behind by her brother Sam Cipriano, who died last month at 80 years old.
Gusmano, daughter of company co-founder Peter Cipriano, served as Better Made s board chairman and will remain in that role, according to a news release. Cathy is open minded and approachable, and has a strong sense of ownership, company President Dave Jones said in the release. She s Better Made s matriarch and she s looking forward to the continued growth of the company.
Sam Cipriano, CEO of Better Made Snack Foods in Detroit, has died
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Better Made Snack Foods CEO and board member Salvatore “Sam” Cipriano, and retail store manager and board member Catherine Gusmano display proclamations from the city of Detroit and state of Michigan celebrating Better Made’s 90 year anniversary.Courtesy of Better Made
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DETROIT, MI – Salvatore “Sam” Cipriano, CEO of Better Made Snack Foods, has died. He was 80.
Cipriano, a second-generation leader of the Detroit-based company, died on Tuesday from heart failure. He served as CEO of Better Made for 10 years during which he took the company to “new levels of success,” according to a news release.
Better Made Snack Foods CEO Salvatore Cipriano, 80, has died
A longstanding Detroit business has lost its CEO with the death of Salvatore Sam Cipriano, CEO of Better Made Snack Foods.
Cipriano died Tuesday from heart failure at age 80. He was the CEO of the iconic potato chip company for 10 years and the second generation to lead Better Made, where he s worked for decades. His father, Peter Cipriano, co-founded the company with Cross Moceri 90 years ago.
“He was loved by everyone at Better Made and those that knew him, and will be missed tremendously, said his sister Cathy Gusmano, chairman of the board at Better Made Snack Foods, in a statement confirming Cipriano s death.
Salvatore “Sam” Cipriano and sister Catherine Gusmano
(Company photo) Salvatore Sam Cipriano, the chief executive of Detroit-based Better Made Snack Foods, died Tuesday of heart failure, Crain s Detroit business reports. Cipriano, who was CEO for 10 years, was the second generation to lead the company at 10148 Gratiot Ave. It was founded in 1930 by his father, Peter, and Cross Moceri. The Cipriano family purchased full ownership in 2003. He was loved by everyone at Better Made and those that knew him, and will be missed tremendously, Cathy Gusmano, Cipriano s sister and chairman of the board at Better Made, says in a release. Last year, as the company began celebrating its 90th anniversary, Salvatore Cipriano said: