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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.
John Schnatter launched the pizza company as Papa John’s from his family's Jeffersonville, Indiana, bar in 1984. Ten years later, it has grown to 500 Papa John's stores nationwide. In 1999, the ...
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 ...
John Schnatter, the former CEO of Papa John's, is no stranger to controversy -- in 2017, he stepped down as CEO following intense backlash for his controversial comments against NFL players that ...
In his 2017 book "Papa: The Story of Papa John's Pizza," Schnatter argued that regulations are steering the US away from the system of free enterprise he believes is crucial to the nation's success.
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’s International does not own or operate any restaurants in Russia," the company's statement said. Still, with Wynne refusing to close his stores, criticism of the Papa John's brand was ...
Frank became a franchisee of Papa John's Pizza in 1994. [2] By 2001, he owned 133 locations. Based in Houston, his company runs stores in Kansas, Arizona, Missouri, California, Texas and Hawaii, including several in his hometown of Wichita and the suburbs of Derby and Andover, under the franchise name PJ Wichita LLC., before selling the franchise to then Franchise President Terry Newman.