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Elaine Foppiano

Broker at First Choice Business Brokers San Francisco

Sunnyvale, CA Website (415) 613-7352
Updated August 2026

About

Elaine Foppiano serves as the broker at First Choice Business Brokers San Francisco and works the North Bay Area. She focuses on wineries, breweries, distilleries, and related businesses. She still runs a profitable winegrape growing business, which grounds her advice on production, distribution, and cash flow. Over 30 years, she has worked in finance, real estate, agriculture, and entrepreneurship. She spent years as a Financial Advisor with a Fortune 100 company in San Francisco. She holds a University of Chicago MBA with a Finance emphasis and a UC Berkeley bachelor's in Economics. She maintains Series 7 and 66 licenses through FINRA MQP. She serves as Co-President of the Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley Board.

Who is a good fit for Elaine Foppiano

  • Owners of wineries, breweries, distilleries, and related businesses in the North Bay Area planning a sale.
  • Founders selling a legacy beverage business who want a broker who runs a winegrape operation herself.
  • Buyers acquiring an agricultural or wine-related enterprise who want analysis from a former Financial Advisor.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Elaine Foppiano focuses on wineries, breweries, distilleries, and related businesses in the North Bay Area. She has owned and operated agricultural and wine-related enterprises herself. That includes a profitable winegrape growing business she still runs. Her experience covers vineyard management, production, distribution, and seasonal cash flow, the issues that shape a beverage business sale.

Elaine Foppiano spent years as a Financial Advisor with a Fortune 100 company in San Francisco. She holds an MBA with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Chicago. Her bachelor's degree in Economics comes from UC Berkeley. She maintains Series 7 and 66 licenses through FINRA MQP. Her career spans over 30 years across finance, real estate, agriculture, and entrepreneurship.

Yes. Elaine Foppiano serves as Co-President of the Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley Board. She also sits on the American Ag Credit Board Nominating Committee. A Northern California native, she continues to run her own winegrape growing business alongside her brokerage work.

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