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Andy Unanue

Andy Unanue (born July 3, 1967) is an American businessman and investor. He is the current Managing Partner of AUA Private Equity Partners, an operationally focused, lower middle-market private equity firm that targets Hispanic-oriented and family-owned companies. Unanue is the former Chief Operating Officer of the family-owned Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States.

In 2008, he flirted with the idea of announcing of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey.

Unanue was born and raised in Bogota, New Jersey. He is the grandson of Goya Foods' founders, Spaniards Prudencio Unanue Ortiz and Carolina Casal de Valdés, and son of Joseph A. Unanue and Carmen Ana Casal (1934–2021). He attended St. Joseph School in Bogota and Alpine Public School. He attended Bergen Catholic High School.

Unanue received a bachelor's degree from the University of Miami and an MBA from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management.

He began working in his father's company in their Miami office, working his way up to President of Goya de Santo Domingo. After his brother Joseph F. Unanue died of myelodysplastic syndrome in 1998, he became Executive Vice President. Unanue became Goya's COO in 1999.

In February 2004, Unanue left Goya to establish a family office. Through his family office AU & Associates, LLC, he has made investments in companies such as Opt-Intelligence, Inc., BigFish Games, Inc. and eSchoolData, LLC. He was also a former Operating Executive of Palladium Equity Partners.

In August 2007, Unanue formed Trufoods LLC, which now owns the franchises Wall Street Deli, Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips, Ritter's Frozen Custard, and Pudgie's Famous Chicken.

In October 2010, he married Marie O'Mara in Mayakoba, Mexico.[citation needed]

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