J patrick doyle biography of albert

A Passion for Pizza and People

Tell us about your career with Domino’s, when it began and when you took over as CEO.

I’ve been here seventeen years. I joined in 1997 and became CEO in early 2010.

What was your educational background before you entered the business world?

I completed my undergraduate at the University of Michigan, here in Ann Arbor, with a degree in Economics.

J patrick doyle biography of albert

I, then, earned my MBA at the University of Chicago.

When you took over as CEO, you must have done a self-assessment of the business. What were the strengths you saw at Domino’s? What were the areas you wanted to see improve?

I’d already worked here for thirteen years, so that it wasn’t like I needed to separately step back, when I became CEO.

I already knew the business well, knew where we were and how we were doing. We were going through a re-launch of the brand, right as I was becoming CEO. We clearly knew that we needed to improve the perceptions of the quality of the pizza with our customers