Awards & Recognition
★Business Insider 100 People Transforming Business (2019)
★Norman Award recipient by Nation's Restaurant News (2018)
★Silver Plate honoree by IFMA (2018)
★Restaurant Leader of the Year by Restaurant Business (2017)
★Entrepreneur of the Year in Retail and Consumer Products Southeast by EY (2016)
Notable Facts
→Co-founder and CEO of Inspire Brands, second largest restaurant company in US with $32.6B in global system sales
→Former CEO of Arby's who led the brand's dramatic turnaround
→Member of Wall Street Journal CEO Council since 2020
→Fellow of Culinary Institute of America
→Chairman of board of directors of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
→Previously held executive roles at Hilton Worldwide, Expedia, McKinsey & Company
→Led multiple major acquisitions including Buffalo Wild Wings ($2.9B), SONIC ($2.3B), Jimmy John's, and Dunkin' ($11.3B)
→Has Wikipedia page documenting career achievements