Английская Википедия:Guzman y Gomez
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Guzman y Gomez (Holdings) Limited (GYG; Шаблон:IPAc-en)[1] is an Australian multinational casual-dining and fast food restaurant chain. It specialises in Mexican cuisine with burritos, nachos, tacos, quesadillas and other Mexican-inspired items available. Many restaurants also serve coffee through the “Cafe Hola” brand which operates during the morning.
Guzman y Gomez was established in Sydney in 2006 by New York City duo Steven Marks and Robert Hazan and operates over 200 restaurants in Australia, Japan, Singapore and the United States.[2]
Restaurants
In Australia, Guzman y Gomez had 171 restaurants in operation as of September 2023.[3] The business operates internationally with 23 locations in Singapore, Japan, and the United States.[4]
History
Guzman y Gomez was established by Steven Marks, a New Yorker who previously worked as a hedge fund manager. After relocating to Australia, he found the quality of Mexican food to be poor and decided to start a restaurant.[5] He has stated that "real Mexican is really urban, street and hot [...] Latin people are so full of energy and full of life, we wanted to bring that to Australia".[6] He took on his friend Robert Hazan, another New Yorker, as a partner. They named the business after two of Marks' childhood friends.[7]
The first store was opened in King Street, Newtown, Sydney in 2006.[8][5] Store openings in Bondi Junction and Kings Cross followed within a year.[9] By April 2012, there were 12 stores.[6] The first Guzman y Gomez in the Melbourne central business district opened in November 2012.[10] Within 12 years, they opened 100 stores in Australia.[11]
The first international Guzman y Gomez restaurant opened at the end of 2013 in Singapore,[12] followed thereafter by the opening of a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan in April 2015.[13] In January 2020, Guzman y Gomez's international expansion continued with the opening of their first restaurant in the United States in the Chicago suburb of Naperville.[14][15]
Ownership and finance
Marks and Hazan initially supported GYG with their own money. In 2009 they sold a minority stake to Peter Ritchie, Guy Russo and Steve Jermyn, who had previously been involved with McDonald's Australia.[5] Russo was subsequently appointed chairman of the board.[7] The board also includes co-founder Robert Hazan, 3 former McDonalds executives, Tom Cowan of TDM Growth Partners,[16] and Rokt CEO Bruce Buchanan.[17]
Investment firm TDM Growth Partners bought a stake in the company for $44 million in August 2018.[5] In December 2020, the publicly listed Magellan Financial Group bought 10% of the company for $86.8 million.[18] In May 2022, Magellan sold its 11.6% stake in the company to an entity owned by investment bank Barrenjoey Capital Partners for $140 million.[19]
Marks stated in 2019 that his goal was to list GYG on the Australian Securities Exchange.[5] In 2020 he stated that he was also ambitious to expand the company's presence in the United States, citing Australia's "antiquated" labour laws, high rents, and expensive fresh produce.[7]
In May 2023, Marks resigned as CEO due to a health scare.[20] However, he changed his mind and remained as CEO.[2] Hilton Brett was appointed co-CEO in October 2023.[21]
See also
References
External links
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