<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/business-today-bbj-u40-2025-dimitri-komninos.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>08/18/2025</pubDate><title>Olive Oil Importer and UBalt Alumnus Recognized as a BBJ "40 Under 40" </title><description>Dimitrios Komninos, MBA '21, B.S. '11 and president and CEO of Dimitri Olive was selected in The Baltimore Business Journal 40 Under 40 Rankings.</description><author>Business Today</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/2000x1500-dimintri-kominos_CPM3605_edited.jpg" alt="Dimitrios Komninos, Merrick School of Business graduate"/></image><image-cap>Dimitri Komninos, B.S. '11, President and CEO, Dimitri Olive Oil</image-cap><quote>Growing a century-old family business requires a lot of business knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit—all of which I experienced in the Merrick School of Business.</quote><quote-name>Dimitri Komninos</quote-name><quote-info>Alumnus and Entrepreneur </quote-info><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Merrick School of Business</tag></tags></item>