Dave Peacock (born May 26, 1968) is the chief operating officer of

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Inc., based in New York. He is the former president of the

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subsidiary,

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and President of Schnuck Markets in St. Louis.

Career

He earned his undergraduate degree in journalism (advertising) from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the

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in 1990 and an MBA from the

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. He succeeded

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as president of Anheuser-Busch in 2008 after the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch was completed by

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on November 18, 2008. He stepped down as Anheuser-Busch president in 2012. He currently is owner and chairman of Vitaligent, LLC, the largest Jamba Juice franchisee with stores in California and Missouri. He is on the board of directors for Stifel Corp and Schnucks Markets. He was also chairman of the St. Louis Sports Commission from 2012 through 2017. In the fall of 2014, he was tasked by Missouri Governor

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to lead an effort to keep the

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, a team in the

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, that was based in St. Louis at the time in anticipation of owner

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's plans to build a football stadium in Inglewood, California. On January 9, 2015, he produced a plan to build an open-air stadium on the north side of downtown St. Louis he also led the stadium effort (along with Bob Blitz) until the Rams moved back to

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in 2016. This project ultimately resulted in a settlement between the NFL and the St Louis region for $790 million paid to the region. Peacock also helped organize a group to secure an MLS expansion franchise in 2016–2017. In May 2017, Peacock was appointed president and chief operating officer of Schnuck Markets, a grocery chain operating in five states headquartered in St Louis. The same year, he also joined the board of directors for Stifel Corp, a leading brokerage and investment bank. Peacock stepped down from Schnucks in the Fall of 2021 to join as Chief Operating Officer for Continental Grain, a company invested in food and agribusiness located in New York. Peacock has become involved in the St. Louis startup scene. He is an investor in RoverTown and serves on its board of directors. He is also an investor in St. Louis startup LockerDome and sits on their advisory board.

References

External links

Anheuser-Busch corporate site.

Anheuser-Busch InBev corporate site.

St. Louis Business Journal article covering Dave Peacock. Living people Olin Business School (Washington University) alumni 1968 births American chief executives of food industry companies {{US-CEO-stub