Buff City Soap Names Craig Kessler Chief Executive Officer
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Buff City Soap Names Craig Kessler Chief Executive Officer

Kessler joins the Company after a successful 5-year tenure at Topgolf Entertainment Group

DALLAS, July 29, 2021 // PRNewswire // - Buff City Soap, a plant-based home and personal care brand franchise, announced that Craig Kessler will join the Company as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 2nd, 2021. Kessler has extensive experience managing significant growth and brings a proven track record in managing multi-unit operations, brand development, experiential concepts and building extraordinary teams and culture.

Kessler joins Buff City Soap from Topgolf, where he served as Chief Operating Officer while the concept more than tripled in size to nearly one billion dollars in revenue. During his time there, Kessler strengthened the company's operations, culture, and innovation pipeline. Under Kessler's leadership, Topgolf venues grew from 25 to 70. While Kessler was at Topgolf, the company earned several awards, including Deloitte's prestigious "Best Managed Company" award.

"We are pleased to have an incredible leader like Craig join Buff City Soap," said Wayne Moore, Managing Partner at Crux Capital and Co-Chairman at Buff City Soap.  "His proven leadership, visionary thinking and strong operational experience will be invaluable to the Company as we continue to redefine a category of retail."

"I am thrilled to join the Buff City Soap family," said Kessler. "This one-of-a-kind business is building a loyal fanbase across the country and the opportunities for growth are remarkable. There is an incredible energy among the Buff City Soap leadership team, and I am excited and honored to be part of it. I am also very encouraged by the unwavering commitment from Buff City Soap's deeply experienced franchisee base. I am fired up to work with the team and our franchisees to continue the Company's impressive growth."

Before joining Topgolf, Kessler was an Operating Partner at Providence Equity Partners, working to improve operations at the firm's portfolio companies across the globe. Prior to attending business school, Kessler also was an Operating Partner for KKR, another leading global private equity firm. Kessler started his career in management consulting with McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst. Kessler received his undergraduate degree from the Georgetown University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

"We believe that Craig will be instrumental in helping accelerate the Company's unit expansion across the U.S.," said Mike Sutton, Managing Partner at Guideboat Capital Partners and Co-Chairman of Buff City Soap.  "We are seeing incredible demand for our handmade and plant-based products and Craig's experience building a global brand was essential as we embark on the next phase of growth."

SOURCE Buff City Soap

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