| Title | partner |
| Start Date | 1985-00-00 |
| End Date | 1988-00-00 |
| Notes | In 1984, when Bumble Bee's division president, Patrick Rose, learned that the company was about to be put on the auction block. Rose decided to buy Bumble Bee from Castle & Cooke and take the division private. Rose and three managers negotiated the 1985 leveraged buyout. |