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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 ...
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
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 ...
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]
John Schnatter, founder of Papa John's Pizza; born and raised in Jeffersonville, Indiana until founding his pizza chain; James Breckenridge Speed, businessman and philanthropist, President of the Louisville Railway Company; R. C. Tway, local business, agriculture whose Plainview Farms evolved into the Plainview neighborhood of Jeffersontown
John Schnatter, founder of Papa John's [12] Christopher A. Sinclair (University of Kansas): CEO of Mattel; Elton Bryson Stephens Sr. (Birmingham-Southern): founder of EBSCO Industries; James E. Thompson (San Jose State, 1959): founder, chairman, and CEO of the Crown Worldwide Group [11]
John A. Roebling – architect, known for designing the Brooklyn Bridge [13] Washington Roebling – civil engineer known for his work on the Brooklyn Bridge, which was designed by his father John A. Roebling [14] Frederick C. Sauer – architect, particularly in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, region of the late 19th and early 20th centuries [15 ...