Paul Leary

Paul Leary is a husband, father, business executive, entrepreneur and board member. He is the founder of Assemblage Consulting Group, a firm focused on optimizing the profits of consumer-packaged goods and services businesses in California. Mr. Leary brings more than 25 years of business leadership, brand marketing, sales and operations expertise to his roles.

Prior to Assemblage Strategy Group, Paul most recently served for 13 years as president and operating partner of Bespoke Collection, a multi-brand and multi-channel enterprise based in Napa, CA. In the fall of 2008, Mr. Leary was instrumental in the launch of Ma(i)sonry Napa Valley, an art, wine and design collective in Yountville, CA. This business was sold to Restoration Hardware (NYSE: RH) in 2015. During his seven-year tenure at St. Helena-based Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc (NYSE: NAPA) , Leary oversaw the marketing and consumer sales for three distinct wine brands including Duckhorn, Paraduxx and Goldeneye. The Duckhorn brand portfolio and its assets were sold to a private equity group in 2007 and again in 2016 and went public on the NYSE in 2020.

Leary earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. Additionally, he received a Certificate in eBusiness Strategy and Management from U.C. Davis Extension and a Certificate in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley Extension.