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| name = David M. Overton |
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|April 13, 1946}} |
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| birth_place = [[Detroit, MI]] |
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| known_for = Founder of the [[Cheesecake Factory]] restaurants |
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'''David Michael Overton''' (born April 13, 1946) is the founder, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the [[Cheesecake Factory, Inc.]], the ninth largest restaurant company in the United States measured by market capitalization. |
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== Early life == |
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Born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], Overton attended [[Wayne State University]] and earned a bachelor's degree in [[Economics]] and History in 1967. He moved to [[San Francisco]] to attend [[Hastings College of Law]], but in 1968 he left his law studies to become a rock-'n'-roll drummer for the Billy Roberts Blues Band. With the band, he played many of the clubs and ballrooms that were famous in San Francisco during the late 1960s.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_19_39/ai_n13729096/</ref> In 1971 he convinced his parents to move their bakery from the city of Detroit to [[Los Angeles]], and he joined their bakery business full-time in 1975. |
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== Career == |
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In 1978, David Overton opened the first Cheesecake Factory restaurant in [[Beverly Hills, California]]. His goal was to showcase a model dessert specialty restaurant for prospective foodservice customers of the wholesale bakery. The restaurant established the future chain's pattern of offering an eclectic menu, big portions, and signature [[cheesecake]]s, and the chain became a multi-million dollar sales performer. The company went public in 1992. |
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| NAME =Overton, David M. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American businessman |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1946 |
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[[Category:1946 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:American chief executives]] |
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[[Category:Restaurant founders]] |
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[[Category:People from Detroit, Michigan]] |
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[[Category:University of California, Hastings College of the Law alumni]] |
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[[Category:Wayne State University alumni]] |
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