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Hooters CEO and leadership

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Hooters CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Terrance Marks is the Hooters's CEO. Hooters has 25,000 employees, of which 15 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Hooters executive team is 7% female and 93% male.
  • 71% of the management team is White.
  • 9% of Hooters management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Terrance Marks

CEO / President

Edward Droste

Founder

Lynn Stewart

Founder

Billy Ranieri

Founders

Dennis Johnson

Founders

Gil Digiannantonio

Founders

Ken Wimmer

Founders

Carl Sweat

Chief Marketing Officer

Carl Sweat's LinkedIn

Carl Sweat is a Founder, CEO at Brand Sherpas, LLC; Chief Marketing Officer at Hooters of America; and Co-Founder, Managing Partner at ThermaMEDx, LLC and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has worked as President and GM at Fuze Beverage, Senior VP of Regional Sales and Marketing at COCA COLA CO, and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Hỏa Restaurant. Carl works or has worked as President/General Manager at FUZE and Senior VP:Global Beverage at STARBUCKS CORP. He studied at Terry College of Business, George P. Butler Comprehensive High School, and University of Georgia.

Kevin Vandiver

Vice President

Kevin Vandiver's LinkedIn

Kevin Vandiver is a Chief Procurement Officer at Hooters of America and is based in Greater Atlanta Area. He has worked as Purchasing Manager at Hooters of America; Senior Director, Supply Chain Moe's Southwest Grill at Moe's Southwest Grill; and Director, Supply Chain at RAVING BRANDS. Kevin studied at University of Oklahoma between 1993 and 1995.

Mark Whittle

Chief Global Development Officer

Mark Whittle's LinkedIn

Mark Whittle is a Chief Global Development Officer at Hooters of America and is based in Roswell, Georgia. He has worked as Chief Development Officer at Huddle House Inc; National Director, Real Estate US and Canada (Churchs) at POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN, INC.; and Sr. Leasing Executive at Weingarten Realty. Mark attended California Coast University between 1998 and 2002 and United States Air Force Academy between 1984 and 1984.

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Hooters founders

Name & TitleBio
Edward Droste

Founder

Lynn Stewart

Founder

Billy Ranieri

Founders

Dennis Johnson

Founders

Gil Digiannantonio

Founders

Ken Wimmer

Founders

Hooters board members

Name & TitleBio
Michael Pruitt

Board Member

Hooters leadership demographics

Hooters gender distribution in management team

  • The Hooters executive team is 7% female and 93% male.
  • Hooters is 65% female and 35% male company-wide.
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93%
Company-wide: 35%
Female
Female
7%
Company-wide: 65%

Hooters executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Hooters executive officers is White.
  • 71% of the management team is White.
  • 12% of Hooters's management is Black or African American.
  • 9% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 61% of employees are White.
  • 16% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 14% of employees are Black or African American.
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What employees say about the executives at Hooters

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2022
Pros of working at Hooters

Building relationships with customer

Cons of working at Hooters

Favoritism in management

Hooters benefits

Work life balance

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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2018
Pros of working at Hooters

My co-workers, flexible schedule, getting to sit down at tables and talk to customers, generally a relaxed environment

Cons of working at Hooters

The uniform, the management. The bigwigs make $ off the girls, like pimps, but really don't care about their employees

Hooters benefits

When I crave cheese fries and buffalo strips

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Updated November 18, 2022

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