Mario Aleppo

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Mario Aleppo
Born (1989-11-16) 16 November 1989 (age 35)
Mitcham, South London, UK
Occupationentrepreneur
Known forFounder of Fireaway Pizza
Website marioaleppo.com

Mario Aleppo (born 16 November 1989) is a British-Italian entrepreneur and the chief executive officer of Fireaway Pizza, a pizza restaurant chain based in London, England. [1]

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Early life and education

Aleppo was born in Mitcham, South London, as the eldest of five children to Francesca Aleppo and Christopher Murphy. He attended St. Peter & Paul’s Primary School in Mitcham and later The John Fisher High School in Purley. He left school at the age of 16. [2] [3]

Career

After leaving school, Aleppo briefly worked at Nando's before attempting to establish his own coffee shop in Tooting, London, in 2013. [4] The business closed after six months. In 2016, Aleppo founded Fireaway Pizza Ltd and has served as its chief executive officer since its inception. [1] [5] [6] His company won the Small Pizza Chain of the Year award at the Pizza and Pasta Awards (PAPA) in 2019. [1] In 2021, Aleppo received the Rising Star Award at the same event. [7] In 2022, he was named Food & Drink Entrepreneur of the Year at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA). [8] [9]

In November 2021, Aleppo donated over 1,000 pizzas to emergency workers and homeless charities in Worcester. [10] [11]

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