Greg Popovich

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Greg Popovich
NationalityAmerican
Education Master of Business Administration
Alma mater Pepperdine University
OccupationBusiness executive
Website CastleRockWinery.com

Greg Popovich is an American business executive in the wine industry. [1] He is the founder and owner of Castle Rock Winery. [2]

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Career

Popovich began his career in the wine business working at Lost Hills (Acampo/Lodi). He also worked for La Crema (Sonoma), which had purchased Lost Hills.

Popovich moved on to the staff of Winterbrook (Sierra Nevada Foothills) where he worked as a marketing executive [3] [4] before forming Castle Rock Winery in 1994. [5] He founded Castle Rock under a business model that would allow him to run the business from the South Bay of Los Angeles. [6] [7] [8]

As of 2019, the winery produced over 360,000 annual cases and was one of the 50 largest wine companies out of more than 10,000 wineries in the United States. [9] [10]

Background

Popovich grew up in Redondo Beach, California graduated from South Torrance High School where he was a 4 year Letterman in Varsity Tennis. He holds AA degree in the Administration of Justice from El Camino College and graduated the police academy as a level one police officer. Popovich also has an MBA from Pepperdine University. [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pepperdine_University_people

He currently resides in Rolling Hills, California with his wife Adriana and three children. [12] [13]

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