Adam DeJulius is the fourth-generation president and CEO of Miller Foods, the Connecticut family business behind Oma’s Pride pet food and locally known Miller Farms turkeys. After successful careers at The Hartford and Accenture, he returned to help lead the company’s next chapter.
Over the past seven years, he has strategically transformed the business, driving significant growth and modernizing operations while preserving the values that have guided the company for more than 75 years.
What’s been your biggest professional accomplishment so far in your career?
Strategically transforming a small Connecticut family business into a nationally recognized brand. Through unprecedented supply chain disruptions, rising costs, evolving consumer demand and rapid organizational growth, we nearly tripled revenue while maintaining our commitment to quality, innovation and the values that have guided our business for generations.
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How are you involved in the community?
Through Miller Farms Cares, our family’s nonprofit organization, we’ve helped provide nearly 300,000 meals to families facing food insecurity through partnerships with Connecticut Foodshare, fundraising and donations. While our business has evolved, our purpose remains the same: helping feed families and strengthen communities, just as my great-grandparents did.
What do you like to do outside of work?
Outside of work, I’m happiest spending time with my wife, Katie, our son, Gio, daughter, Luciana, and our puppy Lincoln. I enjoy cooking, smoking meat, cheering on UConn athletics and escaping to Old Saybrook whenever possible. Most of all, I value time with family and friends.
Why do you deserve to be a 40 Under Forty?
Shepherded a fourth-generation Connecticut family business through modernization, strategic growth and generational succession while preserving the values and relationships that built it.
Strategically transformed a small Connecticut company into a nationally recognized brand, nearly tripling revenue in one of the pet food industry’s most complex sectors.
Expanded Connecticut manufacturing, created jobs and led sustained growth through supply chain disruption, rising costs and significant organizational change.
Fun Fact
After a football brain aneurysm, I relearned to walk and later ran the Hartford Marathon.
