Jamie Egasti, a 30-year old native of Boston, is a Procter and Gamble (P&G) veteran. He joined the P&G Corporation’s Food and Beverage Sales right after his graduation from Harvard University in 1979. Jamie Egasti held certain levels of duties in the Food and Beverage business’ sales and marketing departments, with various assignments in Texas, Ohio, and New York.
After 10 years, Jamie Egasti moved to P&G’s corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, where he was reassigned to the Global Fabric & Home Care New Business Development Group’s General Management. One of his duties as a member of the development team was to lead the creation and launching of several businesses such as the household odor eliminator Febreze, Dryel, and Procter and Gamble’s line of cleaning products, Swiffer. So far, Febreze has branched out to include additional products such as fabric refreshers, air fresheners, odor eliminating candles, and other similar goods.
Jamie Egasti also served as the vice president of the Americas Snacks Business. After some time, he was promoted as the president of a $3.2 billion revenue business, Global Snacks & Coffee. He was recently named as the chief executive officer of the Folgers Coffee Company. As the CEO, he led Procter & Gamble’s coffee business split-off, as well as its transition to the J.M. Smucker Company.
His position at P&G’s coffee and juice businesses left him responsible for managing the company’s trade promotion structure and commodity pricing. In addition to these duties, Jamie Egasti also significantly shared some of his leadership to acquire both Hawaiian Punch and Sunny Delight.
Jamie Egasti is married and is a father of two boys, aged 15 and 13. Apart from his corporate duties, he also keeps himself busy by serving as a coach to the Lacrosse team at the Mariemont Jr. High School.