Scott LaPorta

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer Sugarfina Corporation

Last Reviewed: September 29, 2026

Executive Summary

Scott LaPorta has been Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Sugarfina Corporation, the Las Vegas-based parent of the Sugarfina luxury candy brand, since November 2019, when the business passed to Bristol Luxury Group, in which he holds a stake. He has since used Sugarfina as a platform for acquisitions, adding the gifting company BOXFOX, the subscription confectioner Candy Club and the coffee company Caffe Luxxe, so that the company now describes itself as a confectionery, gifting and coffee business. Sugarfina reported 2025 net revenue of $32.6 million, up 12%. Before Sugarfina he worked across consumer brands and hospitality, including a turnaround role at Levi Strauss, the growth and sale of Bolthouse Farms’ fresh food and beverage business, GT’s Kombucha, and CFO roles in hospitality, lodging and casinos.

Career Highlights

• CEO, COO and director of Sugarfina Corporation since 1 November 2019, and a minority owner of its controlling stockholder, Bristol Luxury Group.
• Acquired BOXFOX in a share exchange announced in November 2024, calling it a move to “expand both businesses” in luxury gifting.
• Bought the Candy Club assets in February 2025 as stalking-horse bidder in an auction, for $850,000 in cash, then restarted its operations.
• Agreed the merger with Caffe Luxxe in November 2025, a deal valued at about $24.5 million and paid in Sugarfina stock.
• Led the commercialization, growth and sale of Bolthouse Farms’ fresh food and beverage business to a private equity firm.
• As a CFO in hospitality, lodging and casinos, raised over $30 billion in capital, led or co-led over $10 billion of M&A and led two IPO spin-offs, according to Sugarfina’s filings.

Professional Journey

LaPorta studied accounting at the University of Virginia, where he pitched for the college baseball team, and later earned an MBA in finance and marketing from Vanderbilt University.

His early senior career was in finance. Sugarfina’s annual report says that as a chief financial officer of operating companies in the hospitality, lodging and casino industries he raised more than $30 billion in capital, led or co-led more than $10 billion of mergers and acquisitions, and led two IPO spin-off transactions; it lists Hilton and Marriott among the brands he worked with, without naming his roles there. In 2002 he took on a turnaround role at Levi Strauss, leading strategy, planning and restructuring, and then ran three of the company’s divisions. He went on to Bolthouse Farms, where he led the commercialization and growth of the fresh food and beverage business through to its sale to a private equity firm. His last role before Sugarfina was at GT’s Kombucha.

He became CEO, COO and a director of Sugarfina on 1 November 2019. The business is controlled by Bristol Luxury Group, which is in turn controlled by the investors Paul L. Kessler and Diana Derycz-Kessler, both of whom sit on the board with him. LaPorta owns part of Bristol Luxury Group and describes himself as a co-investor as well as CEO. The company raises capital through Regulation A and Regulation D offerings and so reports to the SEC, which makes its finances unusually visible for a private consumer brand.

Under LaPorta, Sugarfina has grown by acquisition. In November 2024 it took over BOXFOX, a Los Angeles curated gift box company, in a share exchange. In February 2025 it bought the assets of Candy Club, a direct-to-consumer and subscription candy business, for $850,000 in cash through a secured-creditor auction, and then restocked inventory, widened wholesale distribution and rebuilt the e-commerce site. In November 2025 it agreed to merge with Caffe Luxxe, a coffee roaster and café business, in an all-stock deal valued at about $24.5 million, with the founders staying on to run it. Alongside the Sugarfina boutiques, e-commerce, wholesale and corporate gifting in the United States and Canada, these brands took 2025 net revenue to $32.6 million. The company’s September 2026 semiannual report is signed by LaPorta as CEO, COO and director.

Education

Vanderbilt University

MBA, Finance and Marketing

University of Virginia

BS, Accounting