Texas Roadhouse Appoints Jerry Morgan President
December 17 2020 - 4:01PM
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (NasdaqGS: TXRH) announced today that
Regional Market Partner Jerry Morgan has been promoted to President
of the Louisville-based restaurant company, effective January of
2021.
Morgan, who will relocate to Louisville, will report directly to
Kent Taylor who will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board. Taylor had assumed the role of President
when the role was vacated in June of 2019.
Taylor commented, “Going from three jobs to two, will allow me
to focus my additional time, energy, and creativity on our future
growth, such as establishing Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers as segment
leaders and expanding our retail initiatives, including Butcher
Shop and our new Margarita Mix. I also want to expand our To-Go
operations and have several other ideas that I think will propel
Texas Roadhouse into the next decade.”
A 23-year veteran of Texas Roadhouse, Morgan has more than 35
years of restaurant management experience with Texas Roadhouse,
Bennigan’s and Burger King.
Morgan started his Texas Roadhouse career in 1997 as Managing
Partner of the company’s first restaurant in Texas. He earned the
company’s most prestigious award, Managing Partner of the Year, in
2001 and was promoted to Market Partner later that year.
In 2015, Morgan was named Regional Market Partner, where he was
responsible for overseeing more than 120 restaurants in 14
states.
Taylor continued, “Jerry brings great operational focus and
leadership to an already stellar executive leadership team and is a
perfect balance to our awesome field operations led by our Chief
Operating Officer, Doug Thompson, and our Regional Market
Partners.”
Both Morgan and Thompson along with Chief Financial Officer
Tonya Robinson and a few other Louisville-based executives will
report to Taylor.
Taylor added, “Jerry will spend his first few months listening,
learning and serving alongside our folks at the Support Center in
Louisville.”
Morgan commented, “I look forward to joining the amazing Support
Center family, which does such an outstanding job of serving our
operators. I have learned firsthand that hospitality just happens
to be the name of our industry. It’s not just what we do. What we
do best is to be great teammates, build relationships, and have a
passion for serving others. Let’s go Roadhouse.”
About the CompanyTexas
Roadhouse is a casual dining concept that first opened in 1993 and
today has grown to over 630 restaurants system-wide in 49 states
and ten foreign countries. For more information, please visit the
Company’s Web site at www.texasroadhouse.com.
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