Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
There are now many Fatburger locations worldwide that are, "following Yancey’s original business model and theme." She established a $1.7-million endowment at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte in 1986 for research into sickle-cell anemia. This was in fulfillment of a promise to her 22-year-old grandson, Duran Farrell, who had ...
Fatburger in the food court of Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California. Fatburger was founded by Lovie Yancey (1912–2008) in the neighborhood of Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California, in 1947. It was originally named "Mr. Fatburger" (on behalf of Yancey's boyfriend), until Yancey removed the "Mr." in 1952.
FAT Brands began as a holding company for Fatburger in 2017, gaining a chairman in Ed Rensi. On August 13, 2020, Johnny Rockets was acquired by FAT Brands for $25 million. [7] In July 2021, FAT purchased Global Franchise Group, [8] now owning Round Table Pizza, Hot Dog on a Stick, Great American Cookies, Pretzelmaker and Marble Slab Creamery.
Andrew "Andy" Wiederhorn knows a thing or two about second chances. After becoming a millionaire before the age of 30, Wiederhorn pleaded guilty to tax return fraud charges and spent 14 months in ...
The parent company of Fazoli’s, Fat Brands, was indicted along with former CEO and current board chair Andy Wiederhorn and other executives in a $47 million fraud scheme.
Wiederhorn graduated from USC, and at age 21 founded Wilshire Credit Corp., drawing in a $300-million investment from Eli Broad, an early backer. The Oregon native returned to Portland and ...
June graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1975 and earned his medical degree in from the Baylor College of Medicine in 1979. [3] He spent his fourth year of medical school at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, studying immunology and malaria with Dr. Paul Henri-Lambert, and completed clinical training in internal medicine and medical oncology from 1979 to 1983 at the ...
Authorities charged Fatburger owner Fat Brands and Chairman Andy Wiederhorn of running a scheme that netted him $47 million in bogus loans from the company.