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John Hampton "Papa John" Schnatter (born November 22 or 23, 1961) [1] [3] is an American entrepreneur who founded the Papa John's pizza restaurant chain in 1984. [4] Schnatter started the business in the back of his father's tavern after selling his car and using the proceeds to purchase used restaurant equipment.
The Papa John's restaurant was founded in 1984 when "Papa" John Schnatter installed an oven inside a broom closet in the back of his father's tavern, Mick's Lounge, in Jeffersonville, Indiana. [8] He sold his 1971 Camaro Z28 to purchase US$1,600 worth of used pizza equipment and began selling pizzas to the tavern's customers out of the ...
Robert M. Lynch (born 1976) is an American businessman and former CEO of Papa John's Pizza. [1] [2] He was announced as the new CEO to replace CEO Steve Ritchie in August 2019. Ritchie was the successor to founder John Schnatter [3] Lynch had previously served as the president of Arby's, famously spearheading the chain's “We Have the Meats ...
Papa John may refer to: John Phillips (1935–2001), American musician most famous as a member of The Mamas & the Papas John Schnatter (born 1961), American businessman and founder of Papa John's Pizza
John Schnatter, founder and former CEO of Papa John's Pizza [58] Jeffrey Shockey, lobbyist [59] Lisa Song Sutton, entrepreneur and real estate investor [60] Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx [61] Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, president of Clarium Capital and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies [62]
The change was a reaction to Schnatter using a racial slur on a Papa John's conference call. [10] On January 30, 2023, the stadium was renamed L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. A 20-year, $41.3 million naming rights agreement between the university and financial institution was officially announced during a U of L board of trustees meeting. [11]
This is a list of restaurateurs.A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.
Jurich and Ramsey would later support the waterfront site. Schnatter, joined by fellow task force member and Humana co-founder David Jones, strongly supported a new arena at the water company site, located four blocks down 2nd Street, or the Exposition Center, which was the cheapest option. They paid over $200,000 for a study that showed the ...