Primary Job Title President & Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization 
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Location Plano, Texas, United States Regions Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Southern US Gender Male
Larry Young is president and chief executive officer for Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., one of the world's leading beverage companies.
Larry was named president and chief executive officer in October 2007 after serving as president and chief operating officer for the company's Bottling Group division and led the spinoff of Dr Pepper
Snapple Group from Cadbury Schweppes plc in May 2008.
Larry joined the company in April 2006 through its full acquisition of Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, where he had been president and CEO since 2005. As head of operations, he played a central role in helping to create a new business model for a fully integrated beverage company.
By integrating the Bottling Group and several other independent bottling businesses into DPS, the company now has a more reliable, sustainable and secure route to market. This has allowed the company to protect its brand equity and improve customer relations through better control of its products from innovation to the store shelf. As a result, DPS can more effectively deliver those brands, with direct access to more than 230 million consumers in 34 states.
In his 30-year career, Larry has produced and sold virtually every type of beverage in the Americas and across Europe and Russia. He previously served more than 25 years in the Pepsi system, most recently with PepsiAmericas and before that with Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, where he began on a route truck and worked his way to President and Chief Operating Officer.
In 2008, Larry was inducted into the Beverage World Soft Drink Hall of Fame. From 2008 to 2010, he served as chairman of the board of the American Beverage Association, and he was named Executive of the Year by Beverage Industry magazine in 2010. He and his wife, Colette, live in Dallas and are both natives of Springfield, Mo.
