Warren Thompson leads the nation’s largest minority-owned food and facilities management company. Owning and operating brands such as Matchbox, Hen Quarter, Austin Grill, Subway, Chick-fil-A, just to name a few - - Warren sat down with Culturetects Host, Angie Ange to talk about the importance of starting at the bottom when creating a brand, the restaurant & hospitality industry, opportunities for minorities, how your lowest moments can propel you to success, and more...
Warren details his journey from growing up in Southern Virginia, to mopping floors in Graduate School, to being the majority owner of a company on track to gross a billion dollars annually in the next few years. He was inspired by the story of a family member (Cleave), and the idea of working for others to gain the knowledge you need, to then build your own successful companies. Warren's success definitely came with it's share of hardships, failures, deaths, lost money, and much more...However, it was through this perseverance that Warren Thompson became the man that he is today.
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