Related Research Articles
Wycliffe K. Grousbeck is an American entrepreneur who is the majority owner and governor of the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics.
Daniel Gilbert is an American billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket Mortgage, founder of Rock Ventures, and owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers. Gilbert owns several sports franchises, including the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters, and the NBA G League's Cleveland Charge. He operates the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Cavaliers and Monsters. As of January 2023, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$18.3 billion.
Peter Buck was an American physicist, restaurateur, and philanthropist who co-founded the Subway fast-food restaurant chain alongside Fred DeLuca.
James John Liautaud is an American restaurateur, who is widely known as the founder and former chairman of Jimmy John's sandwich chain.
Lion Capital LLP is a British private equity firm specialising in investments in the consumer sector. Previous and current consumer brands owned by Lion have included Weetabix, Jimmy Choo, Wagamama, Kettle Foods and AllSaints.
Related Companies, L.P. is an American real estate firm with headquarters in New York City, and with offices around the country including in West Palm Beach, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, as well as in London. Related developed the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, which comprises 28 acres (0.11 km2) in Manhattan's Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods. Related is also the largest private owner of affordable housing in the United States.
Lynsi Lavelle Snyder-Ellingson is an American billionaire businesswoman, the owner and heiress of the In-N-Out Burger company. She is the only child of Lynda and H. Guy Snyder and the only grandchild of Harry and Esther Snyder, who founded In-N-Out in 1948.
Marc Lasry is a Moroccan American billionaire businessman and private equity manager. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Avenue Capital Group. He was a co-owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks basketball team from 2014 to 2023.
Joie de Vivre Hospitality is a hotel and restaurant company based in San Francisco, California, and the second-largest operator of boutique hotels in the United States. Due to its ownership by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, it is currently branded as JdV by Hyatt, under which five further sub-brands also operate.
Roark Capital Management, LLC, also known as Roark Capital Group or simply Roark Capital, is an American private equity firm with around $37 billion in assets under management. The firm is focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies, primarily in the franchise/multi-location, restaurant and food, health and wellness, and business services sectors. It is named for Howard Roark, the protagonist in Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead. The firm claims that its name is not meant to connote any particular political philosophy but instead signify the firm's admiration for the iconoclastic qualities of independence and self-assurance embodied by the central figure in The Fountainhead.
Barry Stuart Sternlicht is an American billionaire and the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, an investment fund with over $100 billion in assets under management. He is also chairman of Starwood Property Trust. He is the founder of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and served as its Chairman and CEO from 1995 to 2005. As of May 2023, his net worth was estimated at $4.6 billion.
Bradley A. Keywell is an American billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and executive chairman of Uptake Technologies, an industrial AI software provider. He is an early investor of Tempus Labs, co-founder of Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, Mediaocean, DRIVIN, and Lightbank. He founded WNDR Museum and Chicago Ideas.
Jonathan Milton Nelson is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Providence Equity Partners, a global private equity firm based in Providence, Rhode Island, which manages funds with over US$45 billion in commitments. As of September 2023, Nelson's net worth is estimated by Forbes at $3.4 billion.
Vladislav Yurievich Doronin is a Russian-born businessman, real estate developer and art collector. He is the owner and chairman of Aman Resorts, chairman and CEO of OKO Group and is a co-founder of Moscow-based Capital Group.
Wesley Robert Edens is an American billionaire businessman and private equity investor. He is the co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and founder of New Fortress Energy. Edens is co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks franchise of the NBA based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While Edens was co-owner, the Bucks won the 2021 NBA championship. He is also the co-owner of association football holding company V Sports alongside Nassef Sawiris, whose assets include ownership of Premier League football club Aston Villa and a 29% stake in Portuguese Primeira Liga team Vitória S.C.
Daniel Schwartz is an American businessman, executive, and investor. He is currently the Co-Managing Partner of 3G Capital, a global investment firm and private partnership known for its long-term investments in prominent companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev, Restaurant Brands International, Kraft Heinz, and Hunter Douglas. Schwartz played a pivotal role in 3G Capital's 2010 acquisition of Burger King, where he served as CFO, COO, CEO, and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2022 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors today. In 2017, Daniel was recognized by Forbes as Top 40 under 40 for his role in turning around Burger King.
Jane Goldman is an American billionaire real estate investor. She is the co-chair and co-owner of Solil Management, a New York City-based real estate investment company. She is the youngest daughter of real estate investor Sol Goldman. In August 2022, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$2.9 billion.
U.S. Franchise Systems was a franchise company that owned Microtel Inns and Suites and Hawthorn Suites. It was founded in 1995 by Michael A. Leven and his nephew Neal Aronson.
Apoorva Mehta is a billionaire Canadian-American businessman and the founder of Instacart and Cloud Health Systems. As of September 2023 he had a net worth of $1.3 billion, owing to his 10% ownership share of Instacart and his stake in Cloud Health Systems.
Scott Louis Shleifer is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, and the co-founder of Tiger Global Management's private equity investing business. As of September 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$3.5 billion.
References
- 1 2 Sorvino, Chloe (September 20, 2023). "The Drive-Thru Billionaire Who's Trying To Save Subway". Forbes. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Leadership Breakfast Series: Neal Aronson, Founder & Managing Partner of Roark Capital". HBS. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ↑ Sorvino, Chloe (July 27, 2020). "Why Fast Food's Smartest Operator Is Expanding When Business Is Terrible". Forbes. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ↑ Ewen, Beth (October 12, 2020). "A Deal to Envy How Roark Capital wins the big brands". Franchise Times. Retrieved September 22, 2024.