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From 58 Venezuelan Wendy’s Locations to 240 in USA: Andres Garcia’s Four-Decade Restaurant Arc
🎧 From 58 Wendy’s in 48 Months to Artisan Pizza: Andres Garcia’s Relentless Entrepreneurial Journey
Andres Garcia started as a chemical engineer in Venezuela, became a passive restaurant investor, then bought a struggling multi-brand restaurant group and turned it around in six months. He built Venezuela’s first Wendy’s into a 240-location empire across five US states, survived political upheaval, rebuilt from scratch in America, and sold in 2024. Now at 70, he’s doing it again — this time with Mr. O1 Extraordinary Pizza, a 12-location artisan brand growing deliberately because he learned the…
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