Pacífico began as an industrial bet in a port without electric service. Its second life began when California surfers carried cases north - and turned a local pilsner into a lesson in how products travel through people before they travel through systems.

Her cleverest move at McDonald’s was not inventing a new appetite. It was noticing the rituals already hiding in plain sight - then giving a global brand permission to sound like the people who love it.

She once planned to become a political correspondent. Instead, she brought a reporter’s eye for people and narrative to Corona, Modelo and a $100 million bet on women founders.

A fourth-generation beverage entrepreneur turned a post-adventure ritual into HOPWTR. Six years, thousands of hand-fixed cartons and one strategic acquisition later, Jordan Bass is still selling the moment as much as the drink.
It invented boxed wine, made Franzia the best-selling label in America, and quietly became the largest wine producer on the planet. Now the employee-owned house behind Cupcake and Chloe is buying its way further upmarket.