Steve Ritchie (businessman)

Steve Ritchie is a businessman who was the CEO of Papa John's.[2] He worked at Papa John's for over 23 years,[3] holding multiple positions in the company's leadership throughout that time after starting to work for the company as an hourly worker.[4][5]

Steve Ritchie
Alma materSeneca High School MCA[1]
OccupationUnknown

Career

Ritchie was promoted to the COO position at Papa John's in May 2014.[6] He has been the company's president since July 2015.[5]

Ritchie became the CEO of Papa John's after the company's founder, John Schnatter, stepped down as CEO at the end of 2017.[7]

Ritchie has promised to change the culture of Papa John's by bringing in outside experts to audit current diversity policies and requiring workers to undergo bias and diversity training.[8][9][10] He has been praised for taking the right steps to deal with the company's controversy over Schnatter.[11] However, Schnatter has expressed concerns that Ritchie is not the right executive for Papa John's.[12]

Ritchie joined the board of directors at Papa John's after a $200 million investment in the company from Starboard Value.[13] He said that the investment would be used towards changing the culture of the company and product innovation.[14]

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