Carl Wolf

Carl Wolf can be best described as a self-starting, confident, serial entrepreneur. His life lessons show that success is most often the result of hard work, creativity, and grit. He was a Phi Beta Kappa Henry Rutgers Scholar in Economics at Rutgers University and graduated as a Beta Gamma Sigma at the top of his class at the University of Pittsburgh, achieving an MBA in marketing. He joined a major NYSE company as an acquisition specialist from 1966-69.

He went on to develop a restaurant chain through Wall Street financing. From there, he helped a subsidiary of a London-based company purchase two acquisitions in the cheese area, as well as developing three specialty cheese businesses. He then moved on to another NYSE company, Standard Brands, followed by consulting work and turning around a major distributor before going into business as an operating consultant in 1978.

He and his wife started a sales agency and cheese-trading business and ultimately founded Alpine Lace in 1981, going public in 1986. Initial investors saw an over ninefold increase in their investment. After selling Alpine Lace to Land O' Lakes in 1997, he started a software and internet incubator with seven investments and became chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed media company. He also purchased a small restaurant as a lark in his hometown and turned it into a major success. He then purchased an appetizer company, which eventually became Mama Mancini’s, Inc. (a NASDAQ-listed company), selling his interests to several hedge funds in 2023. Mama Mancini's is now Mama's Creations with a market value of over millions

Today, Carl Wolf lives in North Miami Beach, Florida, and Long Island Beach, New Jersey, with his wife, Marion.