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]

Steve Ritchie
Alma materSeneca High School MCA[1]
OccupationUnknown

Career

Ritchie was promoted to the COO position at Papa John's in May 2014.[4] 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.[6]

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.[7][8][9] He has been praised for taking steps to deal with the company's controversy over Schnatter.[10] However, Schnatter has expressed concerns that Ritchie is not the right executive for Papa John's.[11]

Ritchie joined the board of directors at Papa John's after a $200 million investment in the company from Starboard Value.[12] He said that the investment would be used towards changing the culture of the company and product innovation.[13]

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