Former President & CEO (1988-1996) of Godfather's Pizza.
Stage 4 colon cancer survivor.
Former Pillsbury Co. vice-president and Burger King executive.
Ex-CEO of the National Restaurant Association (1996-1999).
Former deputy chairman (1992-1994) and former chairman (1995-1996) of the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City.
Former regional vice-president of Burger King Corp.
An associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta.
Graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and received a Master of Science degree in computer science from Purdue University in 1971, while also working full-time in ballistics for the U.S. Navy.
Had a younger brother, who has passed away.
Grew up poor in the South. Father worked at three jobs: as a barber, janitor and chauffeur for Robert W. Woodruff, president of the Coca-Cola Company. Mother worked as a maid.