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Malamatinas was born to Greek parents.<ref name="ikonns">{{cite web|author=|date=27 August 2019|title=Keeping Your Ego and Values in Check with Dennis Malamatinas|url=https://www.ikonns.com/podcast/episode52|publisher=The Ikonns|accessdate=7 October 2021}}</ref> As a child, his family lived in [[Tanzania]] and Greece before Malamatinas relocated to [[Chicago]], where he worked in construction and hospitality as a teenager.<ref name="ikonns">{{cite web|author=|date=27 August 2019|title=Keeping Your Ego and Values in Check with Dennis Malamatinas|url=https://www.ikonns.com/podcast/episode52|publisher=The Ikonns|accessdate=7 October 2021}}</ref> He studied for a BSc in Economics at [[Roosevelt University]] before completing an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name="ikonns">{{cite web|author=|date=27 August 2019|title=Keeping Your Ego and Values in Check with Dennis Malamatinas|url=https://www.ikonns.com/podcast/episode52|publisher=The Ikonns|accessdate=7 October 2021}}</ref>
In 1979, he started his career at consumer goods conglomerate [[Procter & Gamble]], working at the company's international company headquarters in [[Geneva]].<ref name="ikonns" /> He also worked stints as a brand manager in P&G's Paris offices.{{Citation needed}} In 1986, he joined PepsiCo, working in their Middle East headquarters in [[Nicosia]], Cyprus.<ref name="fcl" /> He later became President and CEO of [[PepsiCo|Pepsi-Cola]] Italy.<ref name="ikonns" />
Between 1989 and 1997, he held various roles at leisure and drinks conglomerate [[Grand Metropolitan]], including global CEO of the [[Metaxa|Metaxa Distillers]] brand and, subsequently, CEO of vodka brand [[Smirnoff]].<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/nov/12/business.theobserve|title=Dotcom price was right for Burger King|work=The Guardian|author=Jamie Doward|date=12 November 2000|accessdate=7 October 2021}}</ref>
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