Charles Dean Metropoulos[3] (Greek: Ντιν Μητρόπουλος; born May 1946[1] in Tripoli, Greece[2]) is a Greek-American billionaire investor and businessman.

[7][8] At age 25, he went to Geneva, Switzerland, to become a financial director for GTE International's (now Verizon) European, Middle Eastern, and African operations.

In September 2014 American entrepreneur Eugene Kashper, backed by TSG Consumer Partners, announced an agreement to acquire Pabst Brewing from C. Dean Metropoulos & Co for $700 million.

In February 2021, Nestlé SA agreed to sell most of its North American bottled-water brands, including Poland Spring, Arrowhead and Pure Life, to Metropoulos & Co and One Rock Capital Partners LLC for $4.3 billion.

[18] Metropoulos lives in Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife[6] Marianne, who in 2011, was President and Principal of Aegean Entertainment, a movie production company in Beverly Hills.