Nick Rosa
| Nick Rosa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 65–66) Chicago, Illinois |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Northern Illinois University (BS, 1973) DePaul University (MBA, 1976) |
| Occupation |
Monsanto (senior vice president, 1994-00) NutraSweet (president & CEO, 2000-02) Sandbox Industries (co-founder & managing director, 2003-present) |
| Years active | 1980-present |
| Children | 2 |
Nick E. Rosa (born 1951) is an American executive, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He was formerly the president and chief executive officer of NutraSweet, and co-founded Sandbox Industries, serving as managing director.
Rosa was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1973, with a BS in political science. He briefly worked in construction before earning his MBA at DePaul University in Chicago in 1976. As a graduate student, he spent six months in Kuwait, studying the country's non-oil-related economic opportunities.
In 1980, Rosa joined G.D. Searle & Co. as a financial analyst. Searle's CEO at the time was future US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. In 1982, Rosa started working in business development in the company's NutraSweet division, based in Deerfield, Illinois. The brand name for the low-calorie sweetener aspartame, NutraSweet was created in Searle's laboratories in Skokie, Illinois, in 1965, and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1981.
In 1985, Searle merged with Monsanto. After the merger, Rosa became a group vice president at NutraSweet, and general manager of Monsanto's global tabletop sweetener business, which included Equal and Canderel. The branding of aspartame Rosa helped to implement was the first time a food ingredient was branded and advertised to consumers. In 1991, he moved to Paris, France, after being named president and managing director of NutraSweet Europe, the company's new European headquarters. He also oversaw the European marketing development of the company's Simplesse fat substitute. In 1994, he returned to NutraSweet's US office after being named an executive vice president. That year, he was also elected to the company's board of directors. He served as president of Monsanto's nutrition and consumer products sector when it developed neotame in the late '90s, and ultimately became a senior vice president at Monsanto. In addition to his time in Europe, he also held a post at NutraSweet in Canada.
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