Jordan Tepper is the co-founder of Apologue, a forward-thinking cocktail company. Currently, Apologue offers three spirits brands under its umbrella: Hoste – a line of ultra-premium bottled cocktails, Big Star Cocktails, a line of tequila-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktails inspired by Chicago’s iconic Big Star restaurant, and its eponymous Apologue, a line of palate-provoking cocktail liqueurs. Previously, Jordan worked in food & beverage venture capital as an Investment Principal for Cleveland Avenue, management consulting for BCG, and investment banking for Mesirow Financial. Jordan has an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago-Booth (’13) and BBA in Finance from University of Wisconsin-Madison (’08).