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Papa John's International, Inc., trading as Papa Johns, [4] [5] is an American pizza restaurant chain. As of 2023, it is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, [6] with headquarters in the Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan areas.
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, a native of nearby Jeffersonville, Indiana, donated $5 million for the naming rights to the stadium, which he used to christen the venue for his Papa John's Pizza chain. [7] Schnatter made a further $10 million donation for the stadium's expansion, [7] and extended the naming rights to the year 2040. [8]
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.
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 ...
From 2006 through 2010, the game was the PapaJohns.com Bowl, named after Papa John's Pizza, who became the title sponsor signing a multi-year agreement in November 2006. [9] On August 6, 2010, Papa John's announced it would not renew its sponsorship, after having secured a sponsorship deal with the National Football League. [10]
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