Dean Benson Phillips was born on January 20,1969 and is an American businessman and politician who has served as the US representative from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district since 2019.
13 Facts About Dean Phillips
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Dean Phillips is the former co-owner of Talenti gelato and co-owns Penny's Coffee.
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Dean Phillips was born to DeeDee and Artie Pfefer in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1969.
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Artie was killed in the Vietnam War when Dean Phillips was six months old.
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Dean Phillips attended The Blake School, where he played on the hockey and baseball teams.
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Dean Phillips graduated from Brown University in 1991 and is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
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Dean Phillips worked for bicycle equipment and apparel company InMotion for two years, and then joined his family's company's corporate office.
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Dean Phillips later completed his Master of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in 2000.
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Dean Phillips served as the company's president and CEO from 2000 to 2012.
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Dean Phillips then stepped aside to run one of his other corporate investments, Talenti gelato, until it was sold for an undisclosed amount to Unilever in 2014.
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In 2018, Dean Phillips ran for the United States House of Representatives in as a Democrat.
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Dean Phillips is married and has two daughters from a previous marriage.
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Dean Phillips is Jewish and was acknowledged by the Minnesota publication The American Jewish World for serving on the board of Temple Israel in Minneapolis.