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The Power 20

This year's 20 elite leaders of the restaurant industry

The Power 20

Jennifer Jasinski

 Mar. 11, 2016

After traveling coast to coast under the tutelage of Wolfgang Puck, Jennifer Jasinski planted herself in Denver, a market where she thought she could make a...

The Power 20

The Bartolotta Restaurants

 Mar. 14, 2017

The Bartolotta brothers made last year’s Power 20 list of local leaders for the popular network of restaurants they’ve built in their home state. Since,...

The Power 20

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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Frontera Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

Rick Bayless’ Frontera Restaurants is one of the smaller MCOs in this year’s Power 20—nine concepts comprising 14 locations, mostly in Bayless’ home...

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Phil Romano

Mar. 13, 2016

The Fuddruckers and Macaroni Grill creator and longtime restaurateur made the list not for the reasons some may think. His current venture, 15-acre Trinity...

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Disruptive Restaurant Group

Mar. 14, 2017

In May, SBE, the hotelier behind restaurants Katsuya and The Bazaar, spun off its food and beverage arm under the name Disruptive Restaurant Group to grow...

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Sean Brock

Mar. 14, 2016

The thirty-something restaurateur’s Husk and Minero have outgrown their Charleston, S.C. digs, now branching out with locations in Nashville, Tenn., and...

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Power 20 2015: Dynasties

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 17, 2017

Meet the family dynasties leading restaurants into a new generation.

The Power 20

Brendan Sodikoff

Mar. 14, 2016

In Chicago’s competitive dining scene, it takes more than good food to be the name on both foodies’ and fellow restaurateurs’ lips. It takes a...

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TPG Growth

Apr. 09, 2018

The San Francisco-based private-equity firm launched its middle-market and growth-equity platform, called TPG Growth, in 2007; it has recently become one of the more active investors in the country with holdings such as Airbnb and Spotify—as well as a major player in the restaurant space.

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