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John Schnatter was an enterprising young man who set out to forge an empire of pizza in the 1980s. And he just about made it top - if not for a string of intensifying gaffes and patterns of behaviors that ultimately pushed him away from his creation.
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businesswire.com/news/home/20120123005643/en/Papa-John%E2%80%99s-Give-Free-Pizza-America-Fans
slate.com/business/2012/08/papa-john-s-founder-warns-that-obamacare-will-lead-to-imperceptably-small-increase-in-pizza-prices.html
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huffingtonpost.ca/entry/mitt-romney-papa-john-video_n_1471720?ri18n=true
legalinsurrection.com/2012/11/papa-johns-from-anti-rush-lefty-hero-to-anti-obamacare-lefty-zero
mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/more-advertisers-exclude-ads-rush-limbaugh-show-0?redirect_source=/blog/2012/03/30/more-advertisers-exclude-ads-from-the-rush-limb/184310
foxnews.com/us/ceo-of-papa-johns-says-employees-hours-will-likely-be-cut-due-to-obamacare
latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-02-fi-15158-story.html
forbes.com/sites/forbesdigitalcovers/2018/07/19/the-inside-story-of-papa-johns-toxic-culture/#36260363019f
eater.com/2018/7/19/17590768/papa-johns-john-schnatter-sexual-harassment-allegations
amazon.com/Papa-Story-Johns-Pizza/dp/1633933849
courier-journal.com/story/money/2013/01/13/the-real-papa-john-pizza-entrepreneur-john-schnatter-m/28936389
wdrb.com/news/business/john-schnatter-s-helicopter-use-irks-neighbors-in-anchorage/article_33543c96-03bc-5fb6-a2ab-7418b0907280.html
huffpost.com/entry/papa-johns-obamacare_b_2166209
sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000155837016003749/pzza-20160301xdef14a.htm#ExecutiveCompensationCompensationDiscuss
opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=John+Schnatter&order=desc&sort=D
cnbc.com/2017/11/01/papa-johns-slams-nfl-leadership-for-lackluster-pizza-sales.html
usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/11/15/papa-johns-apologizes-nfl-players-blasts-white-supremacists/865512001
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/02/some-think-jerry-jones-was-behind-the-papa-johns-rant
espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21250448/nfl-sponsor-papa-john-not-happy-anthem-protests
twitter.com/papajohns/status/930588925835522049?lang=en
cnbc.com/2017/11/15/papa-johns-apologizes-for-criticizing-nfl-anthem-protests.html
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/03/jerry-jones-labels-papa-johns-ceo-who-blasted-the-nfl-a-great-american
usatoday.com/story/money/restaurants/2017/11/06/papa-johns-condemns-endorsement-white-supremacist-publication/835304001
forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2018/07/11/john-schnatter-resigns-as-chair-of-papa-johns-following-forbes-report/#323881705f75
wdrb.com/in-depth/john-schnatter-s-divorce-finalized-details-kept-confidential/article_44c1869a-229d-11ea-92b4-17bf3beac6be.html
chronicle.com/article/U-of-Louisville-Will-Change/243934
cnbc.com/2018/08/02/papa-johns-founder-tells-cnbc-he-has-no-confidence-in-management-team.html
restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/papa-johns-fires-back-john-schnatter
nypost.com/2018/08/29/papa-john-rips-top-execs-dishes-on-frat-club-behavior
restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/john-schnatter-sues-papa-johns-again
courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/09/04/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-gives-1-million-simmons-college/2200334001
cnn.com/2019/11/26/business/papa-johns-schnatter-interview-trnd/index.html
cnbc.com/2019/12/06/papa-johns-founder-files-lawsuit-against-ad-agency-his-wife-files-for-divorce.html
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John Schnatter was an enterprising young man who set out to forge an empire of pizza in the 1980s. And he just about made it top - if not for a string of intensifying gaffes and patterns of behaviors that ultimately pushed him away from his creation.
twitter.com/AnomalyDocs
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/20170806165437
papajohns.ca/aboutus.html cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/06/papa.johns.pizza.obesity/index.html
autoblog.com/2009/09/03/papa-johns-camaro-reward-situation-turns-salty-ex-owners-looki
adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/papa-john-s-founder-tells-court-ndas-women/315122
money.cnn.com/2005/04/01/news/newsmakers/dominos_apprentice
reuters.com/article/papajohns-china/papa-johns-to-add-500-stores-in-china-over-5-yrs-idUSPEK16873620080416
thedailybeast.com/herman-cain-other-pizza-moguls-give-far-more-money-to-gop-than-to-dems
businessinsider.com/seeking-startup-advice-look-no-further-than-your-pizza-box-2010-11
businesswire.com/news/home/20120123005643/en/Papa-John%E2%80%99s-Give-Free-Pizza-America-Fans
slate.com/business/2012/08/papa-john-s-founder-warns-that-obamacare-will-lead-to-imperceptably-small-increase-in-pizza-prices.html
abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/papa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-pizza-prices/story?id=16962891
huffingtonpost.ca/entry/mitt-romney-papa-john-video_n_1471720?ri18n=true
legalinsurrection.com/2012/11/papa-johns-from-anti-rush-lefty-hero-to-anti-obamacare-lefty-zero
mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/more-advertisers-exclude-ads-rush-limbaugh-show-0?redirect_source=/blog/2012/03/30/more-advertisers-exclude-ads-from-the-rush-limb/184310
foxnews.com/us/ceo-of-papa-johns-says-employees-hours-will-likely-be-cut-due-to-obamacare
latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-02-fi-15158-story.html
forbes.com/sites/forbesdigitalcovers/2018/07/19/the-inside-story-of-papa-johns-toxic-culture/#36260363019f
eater.com/2018/7/19/17590768/papa-johns-john-schnatter-sexual-harassment-allegations
amazon.com/Papa-Story-Johns-Pizza/dp/1633933849
courier-journal.com/story/money/2013/01/13/the-real-papa-john-pizza-entrepreneur-john-schnatter-m/28936389
wdrb.com/news/business/john-schnatter-s-helicopter-use-irks-neighbors-in-anchorage/article_33543c96-03bc-5fb6-a2ab-7418b0907280.html
huffpost.com/entry/papa-johns-obamacare_b_2166209
sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000155837016003749/pzza-20160301xdef14a.htm#ExecutiveCompensationCompensationDiscuss
opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=John+Schnatter&order=desc&sort=D
cnbc.com/2017/11/01/papa-johns-slams-nfl-leadership-for-lackluster-pizza-sales.html
usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/11/15/papa-johns-apologizes-nfl-players-blasts-white-supremacists/865512001
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/02/some-think-jerry-jones-was-behind-the-papa-johns-rant
espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21250448/nfl-sponsor-papa-john-not-happy-anthem-protests
twitter.com/papajohns/status/930588925835522049?lang=en
cnbc.com/2017/11/15/papa-johns-apologizes-for-criticizing-nfl-anthem-protests.html
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/03/jerry-jones-labels-papa-johns-ceo-who-blasted-the-nfl-a-great-american
usatoday.com/story/money/restaurants/2017/11/06/papa-johns-condemns-endorsement-white-supremacist-publication/835304001
forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2018/07/11/john-schnatter-resigns-as-chair-of-papa-johns-following-forbes-report/#323881705f75
wdrb.com/in-depth/john-schnatter-s-divorce-finalized-details-kept-confidential/article_44c1869a-229d-11ea-92b4-17bf3beac6be.html
chronicle.com/article/U-of-Louisville-Will-Change/243934
cnbc.com/2018/08/02/papa-johns-founder-tells-cnbc-he-has-no-confidence-in-management-team.html
restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/papa-johns-fires-back-john-schnatter
nypost.com/2018/08/29/papa-john-rips-top-execs-dishes-on-frat-club-behavior
restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/john-schnatter-sues-papa-johns-again
courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/09/04/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-gives-1-million-simmons-college/2200334001
cnn.com/2019/11/26/business/papa-johns-schnatter-interview-trnd/index.html
cnbc.com/2019/12/06/papa-johns-founder-files-lawsuit-against-ad-agency-his-wife-files-for-divorce.html
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