Rich Melman is the founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a private restaurant company with more than 100 places. Melman serves as chairman of the LEYE council. He created the concept of a restaurant. He is therefore a corporate executive who sees himself as an artist.
In 1971, Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff founded R.J. Grunts at Lincoln Park in Chicago. Melman and Orzoff continued their partnership, developing a number of restaurants, until Orzoff died in 1981. Melman continued his philosophy of "partnership" and now has 37 partners.
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Melman grew up in Chicago. As a child, he sells ice cream and beans on the Chicago coast and even sells eggs from door to door. He did not succeed in attending three different colleges. At 14, he started working for the family restaurant business. After his father rejected his request to buy a partnership, he attacked himself. Persistence took him to Orzoff, who was the first businessman to take him seriously.
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In 1988, Lettuce Entertain You covered 27 restaurants and generated about $ 90 million. Some of their famous restaurants include Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak, & amp; Stone Crabs, Ed Debevic, Wildfire Grill, Mon Ami Gabi, Beatrix, and Italian RPM. On January 1, 2000, he granted the title and assignment of chief executive to Steve Ottmann. In 2003, Kevin Brown took over the role of CEO. A separate consulting business has served McDonald's Corp., Chart House and Popeyes Chicken & amp; Biscuits. In fact, it was instrumental in the development of Popeye's Cajun Kitchen.
Family
He is the father of two sons and a daughter in her 20s and 30s. His children are Molly, R.J., Jerrod, who all work in the company, and his wife is Martha.
External links
- "Richard Melman".
- Chicago magazine profile
- Silverman, Ruth (October 15, 1986). "Eat, Drink, and be Melman". The Daily Herald . Chicago, Illinois. pp.Ã, 1-2 - via newspaper.com. Ã,
References
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