Nelson Peltz

secondary; operational allocator-activist

Co-founder and senior partner of Trian Fund Management, which he established in 2005. Trian's track record centres on acquiring meaningful minority positions in underperforming blue-chips—Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and Disney among them—then pressing for cost discipline and strategic focus from board level. Peltz distinguishes himself from financial-engineering activists by emphasising operational change over leverage or break-ups.