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Stateside Vodka CEO Earns Entrepreneurial Award

By July 25, 2023Top News, VIPs
Clement Pappas, CEO, Stateside Vodka

Clement Pappas, CEO, Stateside Vodka

Ernst & Young LLP announced that Clement Pappas, CEO of Stateside Vodka, was named an Entrepreneur of The Year 2023 Greater Philadelphia Award winner. Under Pappas’ leadership, Stateside has grown its flagship Stateside Vodka and across the RTD category canned cocktail space, with its Surfside Iced Tea + Vodka and Stateside Vodka Soda lines, including in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Founded in Philadelphia in 2015 by brothers Matt and Bryan Quigley and industry veteran Clement Pappas, Stateside is a vodka of choice and a leader in ready-to-drink canned cocktails. Starting with just three employees and local distribution, Stateside now employs 63 full-time employees and is distributed in 13 states.

 

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