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Robert Unanue
Chairman & CEO

Largest Hispanic-owned food company in US, $1.4 billion in annual sales, sells over 2,500  food products from Caribbean, Mexico, Spain, Central and South America> Founded 1936 by Spanish immigrants, Don Prudencio Unanue and his wife Carolina, started Goya in a small storefront selling olives and olive oil in Lower Manhattan> Relocated from Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn 1958, established headquarters in NJ in 1974 at Secaucus, relocated to Jersey City 2015 at new $127 million offices on 40-acre site built with aid of tax subsidies from state and Jersey City> Total of 26 manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout US, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Spain, employs over 4,000 worldwide> Honored 2011 by President Obama for philanthropic and healthy eating programs, support in NJ includes Community FoodBank of NJ, NJ City University, NJ Community Development Corporation> Opened November 2016 240,000-square-foot production facility in Secaucus as part of $250 million investment to manufacture and distribute over 4 million cases of products annually, features continuous motion line that produces 600 boxes of Goya’s rice mixes per minute, six times faster than company’s past production capability> Former president 1976-2004 Joseph Unanue died 2013, uncle of current CEO  Robert Unanue, recognized for support of Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute for Latin American Studies at Seton Hall University and for contributions to Archdiocese of Newark and Catholic Charities.

*  Goya Unveils Sculpture of Founder Don Prudencio Unanue, 10/10/2018, Goya Foods
*  Goya Foods Opens State-of-the-Art and Sustainable Production Facility in Jersey City, 11/3/2016, Goya Foods
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Our American Dream: Bob Unanue, president and CEO of Goya Foods, 2/8/2016, FoxNews.com
*  The Story of Goya Foods: How a Latino-Owned Specialty Company Became a Mainstream Monolith, 2/7/2014, LatinPost.com
*  Remembering Joseph A. Unanue, Former President of Goya Foods, Inc., 6/13/2013, Goya Foods

*  Advance  *  Automatic Data Processing  * Becton Dickinson
*  Bed, Bath & Beyond  *  Chubb *   Church & Dwight  *  Cognizant Technologies *  Dun & Bradstreet  *  Goya   *  Honeywell International  
*  Horizon Blue Cross  ​
*  IDT  *  Hackensack Meridian  *  Hovnanian  

*  Investors Bank * Johnson & Johnson  *  Mars  *  Merck   *  NJM Insurance  *   NRG Energy  ​*  PBF Energy  *  Provident Bank   *  Prudential  
*  Quest *  Quick Chek  *  RWJBarnabas  *  PSEG  *  TD Bank     
*  Valley National Bank   *  Wakefern Food