Sidney J Feltenstein

Bio

Sid Feltenstein is an operating partner of Sentinel Capital Partners. He has worked closely with Sentinel since 2001, and in 2010 joined the firm as an Operating Partner. Mr. Feltenstein has had a successful career as a corporate executive and successful entrepreneur. In 1995, he led a private equity investment group that acquired A&W Restaurants. Under his leadership, the chain grew from 450 to almost 1,000 units in just five years. In 1999, FeItenstein led A&W's purchase of Long John Silver's. Under his leadership, A&W/Long John Silver's sales grew five times and its operating profits grew by 40 times. The company was sold to YUM! Brands in 2002 in a highly successful transaction. Previously, Mr. Feltenstein was EVP of Worldwide Marketing for the Burger King Corporation and is credited for reversing an eight-year decline in customer traffic. Before that, he spent 19 years at Dunkin' Donuts in both operations and marketing positions. Most recently, he served as its Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Feltenstein currently is a director of several Sentinel portfolio companies including Interim Healthcare, Inscape Publishing, Massage Envy, and Southern California Pizza Company. He also served as a director of Tony Roma's prior to the sale of this business. Mr. Feltenstein is a past chairman of the International Franchise Association (IFA) and a former chairman of the IFA Educational Foundation. He also was the recipient of IFA's Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Mr. Feltenstein is a Trustee of Boston University and Chairman of its audit committee. He received a BA degree from Boston University.