CEO, PIEOLOGY PIZZERIA
WHY: Putting the Tustin-based pizza chain back on the expansion path. Pieology ranks No. 16 on the Business Journal’s most recent list of restaurant chains with an estimated $125M in systemwide sales in 2021.
IN THE NEWS: Hiring announced in January. The fast-casual pizza chain, which allows guests to custom-order their pizzas, reported operating about 130 restaurants including five in Orange County as of February.
QUOTABLE: “Everybody eats pizza. That’s why it’s one of the largest food markets” in the U.S.
