Jones Soda names third CEO to hold post in two years
Jones Soda names third CEO to hold post in two years
Jones Soda names third CEO to hold post in two years
Beleaguered Jones Soda Inc. named its third CEO in the past two years, with Wednesday’s announcement that William Meissner now has the job.
Meissner replaces Joth Ricci, who was named CEO and president about a year ago. Ricci had replaced Stephen Jones, who was named to the post in 2008, replacing founder and former CEO Peter van Stolk, who stepped down in 2007 from the CEO post.
The new CEO’s first job is apparently trying to find a buyer for the Seattle soda company, which last month said that it was being sold to Reed’s Inc. of Los Angeles for about $10 million, but later in the month said it had received interest from another, unnamed potential buyer.
Meissner most recently was president of Talking Rain Beverage and previously worked for Fuze Beverages.
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