Table of Biography
John Schnatter is a popular personality in America. John Schnatter is an entrepreneur. He is mainly famous as the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the American restaurant franchise company Papa John’s Pizza. So, he also got the nickname Papa John. Papa John’s Pizza is the fourth-largest pizza delivery restaurant in the U.S.
Early Life
John Schnatter was born on November 23, 1961, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America. This makes him 62 years old as of now. His father’s name is Robert Schnatter, and his mother’s name is Mary Beth Ackerson. Robert was a judge and pub owner, while his mother Mary was a real estate agent. According to astrology, he has Sagittarius as his zodiac sign. While he holds an American nationality and follows Christianity.
Talking about his formal educational status, he completed his schooling at Jeffersonville High School in his hometown. He has earned a business degree from Ball State University.
John Schnatter – Net Worth 2024
John Schnatter lives an opulent lifestyle. Thanks to the huge fortune he has amassed from his career as a founder of Papa John’s Pizza and his other business ventures. His total net worth is about $1 billion US dollars as of 2024.
Professional Life
John Schnatter today is very famous due to his pizza brand and restaurant. It all started after he sold his car and bought pizza equipment. He used the backyard of his father’s pub named Mick’s Lounge to make pizzas and sell them to the customers of the pub. Pizza started to become quite popular and the demand just increased. Ultimately, he publicly launched his company in 1993.
Caption: John Schnatter as CEO of Papa JohnPizzazza (Source: Gossip Gist)
The company just grew exponentially and had 1500 stores in 1997. He served and worked as the CEO and founder of the company. He was CEO of the company till January 1, 2018. With the growth of the company, he was also awarded different titles. He was National Ernst and Young Retail/Consumer Entrepreneur of The Year in 1998. Likewise, he was named among the Ten Outstanding Young Americans in 2000 by the National Jaycees Organization.
Personal Life
Moving on to the romantic life of John Schnatter, he is married. He tied the knot with Annette Schnatter in the year 1987. During their long relationship, they are blessed with 3 children. They are; Beau Schnatter, Danielle Schnatter, and Kristine Schnatter. Except for this, he did not have any kind of extra-martial affairs with any other women during that time. He is straight regarding gender choices.
Apart from that he was once involved in a controversy. It was due to his comments about blaming the NFL for the poor financial performance of the company. He also blamed its poor leadership for not resolving the issue of players who were protesting against social injustice and racism. This created controversy and led him to step down as the CEO on December 21, 2017. Later, he was succeeded by Steve Richie on January 1, 2018. Though he served as chairman of the company for a time after that, he soon had to resign from the post following another controversy with the marketing agency Laundry Service.
Caption: John Schnatter height (Source: Zimbio)
Body Measurements
John Schnatter has a very amazing personality and charming behavior. The successful entrepreneur stands 5 feet and 10 inches. While he weighs 75kg. Similarly, the color of his hair is black, and he has dark brown colored eyes. Other than that, he has yet to disclose the information on overall body measurement.
John Schnatter – Social Media
John Schnatter is also active on social media. He has a Facebook account of his own. While he has an Instagram account under the name @thepapajohnschnatter. The account is followed by 218k followers. While his Twitter account @IAmPapaJohn has 13.1k followers.