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- As the CEO of Restaurant Brands International, Daniel Schwartz oversees Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes.
- Schwartz started as CFO at Burger King in his late 20s before becoming CEO at 32.
- He said the most important management lesson he learned was to realize that in business, bad execution is the result of either the wrong owner, the wrong people in roles, or the wrong strategy.
When he was 29 years old, Daniel Schwartz went from managing a single person at the investment firm 3G Capital to becoming the chief financial officer of Burger King. A few years later, he was CEO of the brand, and then that role soon turned to CEO of a fast food conglomerate, Restaurant Brands International.
It was the highest level of learning through experience, and while it could have gone terribly, Schwartz adapted to his new roles and has been successfully growing his three brands: Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes. In an episode of Business Insider’s podcast “This Is Success,” Schwartz said that the most important management insight he had growing into his CEO position was one that’s both simple but easily overlooked.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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