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Andy Unanue, founder and managing partner of AUA Private Equity Partners, an operationally-focused, lower middle market investment firm with expertise in supporting and growing family-owned and demographic-driven businesses, joins AFI Private Markets.
West Palm Beach-based Unanue is a member of AUA Private Equity’s Investment Committee, and under his leadership, AUA has deployed over $800m of capital to date.
AUA’s business model is driven by Andy’s own family background – he is a member of the Unanue family, which owns and runs Goya Foods, the largest producer of Spanish- and Latin-American foods in the United States. Andy’s grandfather, Prudencio, founded the company in 1936, and Andy’s father, Joe, was a legendary CEO of the company himself. Andy was a leader of Goya for many years, ultimately serving as its COO before founding AUA.
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