Dean Phillips
Politician
American businessman and politician who has served as the representative for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a political moderate, he has thrown his support behind both Republican and Democratic candidates.
He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota in 2000 before taking a position as president of Phillips Distilling.
He is the founder of Penny's Coffee, which has been known for paying its employees a $15 per hour minimum wage.
His biological father Artie Pfefer was killed in the Vietnam War when Dean was just six months old. His mother DeeDee later married Eddie Phillips.
He and former Governor of Minnesota Mark Dayton have both previously lived in the same Georgian Revival home in Minneapolis, which went on the market in 2018 for 3.45 million dollars.