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Managing Memories, Not Menus: How Ryan Wilson Leads the Fourth Generation at Lawry’s
🎙️ From Beige Food Palette to Fourth Generation CEO: Ryan Wilson's Journey Leading Lawry's 90-Year Legacy
Ryan Wilson, fourth generation CEO at Lawry's Restaurants, shares his journey from eating only "shades of beige" until college, to training in Michelin-starred Italian restaurants, to becoming CEO July 2020 when all restaurants shut down during COVID. Through stories about grandfather's 17-year licensing battle with McCormick (resolved December 2023), managing 18 family shareholders across three generations with no controlling interest, and navigating divorce while co-parenting three…
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