Brad Blum
Bradley D. Blum | |
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| Born | 1953 |
| Alma mater | Denison University Northwestern Kellogg Graduate School of Management (MBA) |
| Title | Founder & CEO, Blum Enterprises Former President, Olive Garden Italian Restaurants Former CEO Burger King Corporation Former CEO Romano’s Macaroni Grill Founder and CEO FoodFirst Global Restaurants, Inc. |
| Board member of | Director of Darden Restaurants LEON Naturally Fast Food (UK) |
| Awards | October 2000 - MUFSO (Multi-Unit Food Service Operators) Operator of the Year Award, Nation’s Restaurant News, October 2000 Nation’s Restaurant News Menu Masters Innovator of the Year (2010) |
Bradley D. Blum (born 1953) is the co-owner of FoodFirst Global Restaurants. He was the founder, chairman and CEO of FoodFirst Global Restaurants, Inc., upon the establishment of the company in May 2018. Previously he was the CEO of Burger King from December 2002 to July 2, 2004. He joined the company from Darden Restaurants, where he had headed the Olive Garden unit, but left after only 18 months citing strategic differences with Burger King's board. Blum was the CEO of Romano's Macaroni Grill from December 2008 to July 2010. In 2013 Blum co-founded Five to Seven, a restaurant investment firm that focused on “Good Food for the Planet” based on several central tenets.