Today's guest on The CMO Podcast is Anton Vincent, the President of Mars Wrigley North America. Anton oversees brands including M&Ms (Jim's favorite!), Skittles, Twix, Mars, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, Orbit and many more.At about 100 years old, Mars is one of the largest private companies in the world with sales of about $40 billion. Of course, Mars markets confection brands, but it also touts a variety of products and services for people and their pets.Anton has worked at Mars since 2019, after spending the majority of his career – 20 years – at General Mills. Anton is a native of Jackson Mississippi; he earned a Bachelors in Finance at Sam Houston State University and an MBA in Marketing from the Kelley School at Indiana University. On top of his responsibilities at Mars Wrigley, Anton serves as a board director for International Paper. On this episode, Anton and Jim talk about the responsibility of big brands to drive & support culture. Anton describes his instrumental role in BECA (the Black Executive CMO Alliance), how he keeps the Mars Wrigley brand exciting and motivating from the inside out, and how his time at General Mills prepared him for his current role.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.