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The Power 20

This year's 20 elite leaders of the restaurant industry

The Power 20

Union Square Hospitality Group

 Mar. 14, 2017

Embracing change is a common thread among the MCOs on our list. When you’re the gold-standard group that so many others are chasing, it’s a...

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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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Gerard Craft

Mar. 10, 2016

When people hear St. Louis, a great dining city isn’t necessarily what they picture. But Gerard Craft—who last year became the first St. Louis-based chef...

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Concentrics

Mar. 14, 2017

What started as an idea to open just one restaurant has grown into a multiconcept operation with restaurants in several states—and upcoming projects that...

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Ashley Christensen

Mar. 11, 2016

Throwing dinner parties while a student at North Carolina State University sparked Ashley Christensen’s passion for cooking—a passion that she turned...

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Ark Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

The only public company on this list, Ark Restaurants is approached about once a quarter by investment bankers to go private, said CEO Michael Weinstein in...

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Jose Garces

Mar. 11, 2016

Jose Garces fell in love with Philadelphia when he came to work for restaurateur Stephen Starr after stints in Spain and New York. “I felt immediately that...

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Ethan Stowell Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

Often compared to fellow Seattle MCO Tom Douglas, Ethan and Angela Stowell—who Douglas told Restaurant Business last year he’s got his eye on—have...

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John Rivers

Mar. 13, 2016

Central Florida barbecue fans did not know Texas-style brisket when John Rivers opened 4 Rivers Smokehouse in 2009, the restaurateur says. “We debunked...

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Starr Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

Stephen Starr likens running restaurants to producing theater, where everything from the staff-and-guest rapport to the background music and lighting must be...

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