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John Schnatter. 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.
Logo used from 2019 to 2021. 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 ...
Robert “Rob” M. Lynch (born 1976) is an American businessman and the current 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 ...
Papa John's founder and executive chairman John Schnatter resigned Wednesday following a public apology for using a racial slur on a conference call in May.
Papa John's stock is up 83% since Lynch took over as CEO in 2019, outperforming the S&P 500's 45% gain. Domino's Pizza shares ( DPZ ), meanwhile, have gained only 36%.
Papa John's founder and former CEO John Schnatter is claiming he was pressured to resign as chairman of the company and that leaving was "a mistake." Papa John's founder and former CEO John ...
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.
The OG Papa John of Papa John's is letting it all out in an explosively bizarre interview that has now gone viral.. John Schnatter, the former CEO of Papa John's, is no stranger to controversy ...