Jeff Church Took Cold Press Juice from a Kitchen to $350 Million Exit in 8 Years

The Inspired Stories Podcast · May 30, 2026 · 1h 4m

🎧 From Cold Press Kitchen to $300 Million Exit: Jeff Church’s Entrepreneurial Journey

Jeff Church, co-founder of Suja Juice and founder of CPG Founders Group and Dream Makers, scaled a cold press juice concept from a San Diego kitchen to $300 million in five years — then kept building. Across eight companies, more than $275 million raised, and nearly $700 million returned to investors, Jeff’s career is defined less by exits than by the hard-won clarity that came between them.

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CPA roots at Ernst & Young to running a failing subsidiary at age 27

First consumer…