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Clement Pappas is the CEO and co-founder of Stateside Brands. Stateside Vodka was launched in 2015 as a premium, American craft vodka brand based in Philadelphia, PA. Stateside quickly became the top-selling Pennsylvania Distilled Spirit. In 2021, the company launched its first RTD Brand, Stateside Vodka Soda, now a 600K case brand boasting over 50% growth in 2024. In 2022, the Company launched Surfside Iced Tea + Vodka and the brand immediately took off like a rocket ship and has yet to show any signs of slowing down. Surfside depleted over 4.9 Million cases in 2024, making it the #2 overall spirit-based RTD in the US, with projections to more than double in 2025. Surfside has received numerous industry awards and Clement was named an Ernst & Young 2023 Regional Entrepreneur of the Year, leading the company to 3X growth for 3 consecutive years.
Prior to Stateside, Clement was CEO of Clement Pappas & Co., a private label juice supplier founded by Clement’s Grandfather. Growing up, the business played a central role in Clement's life, and he later worked in an executive capacity for the company for over 15 years before leading the sale of the Company to Lassonde Industries.
Clement and his wife Lauren reside in Haddonfield, NJ with their two sons, Paul and Joseph. After tragically losing their premature son Peter in 2015, Clement and Lauren founded the Peter Joseph Pappas Fund with a mission to cure preeclampsia by 2050. Clement is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, and has served on numerous charitable and corporate boards. He earned his BSE from Duke University and MBA from The Wharton School.
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