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The Power 20

This year's 20 elite leaders of the restaurant industry

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General Atlantic

 Apr. 10, 2018

The private-equity firm made its first deal in the restaurant industry in 2015, with an investment in Barteca Holdings, parent of Barcelona Wine Bar.

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Restaurant Brands International

 Apr. 10, 2018

The owner of Burger King isn’t a frequent restaurant investor, but when it does make an investment, it goes big—and has a major impact on the restaurant market in the process.

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Freeman Spogli & Co.

Apr. 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based Freeman Spogli had an active 2017, quickly buying the fast-casual chain Cafe Rio after selling another growth concept in First Watch.

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Enlightened Hospitality Investments

Apr. 10, 2018

Arguably one of the most successful multiconcept operators in the U.S., Danny Meyer has turned to investing.

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Golden Gate Capital

Apr. 10, 2018

The San Francisco-based private-equity firm has more than $15 billion in investments in a wide variety of sectors, from software to financial services.

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L Catterton

Apr. 10, 2018

Perhaps no investor in growth chains has been as active in the restaurant space in recent years as L Catterton.

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Oak Hill Capital Partners

Apr. 10, 2018

The investment firm returned to the restaurant industry in 2017 with its acquisition of Checkers & Rally’s for $525 million from another private-equity firm, Sentinel Capital.

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Rob Apple & Tom Walton

Mar. 11, 2016

Tiny Bentonville, population a shade under 40,000, isn’t exactly a restaurant desert. Plenty of chain eateries dot the landscape—a landscape shaped...

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Leslie Bock

Mar. 14, 2016

Referring to herself as a “strategic nutjob,” the fashion-designer-turned-tattoo-shop-owner-turned-restaurateur sees foodservice as another medium for...

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Michael Symon

Mar. 14, 2016

Best known for his fame on The Food Network, the chef and restaurateur developed his career long before the television spotlight and James Beard award,...

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