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Domino's CEO visits Webster
By: Stephanie Cunningham
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: News
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David Brandon, Chief Executive Officer of Domino's Pizza, stressed the importance of taking risks and seizing every opportunity to become successful Sept. 19 in the Winifred Moore Auditorium. More than 175 people attended the first "Success to Significance Speaker Series" of the semester. The event was free and open to the public. Both Webster University and non-Webster University people attended.
"My first door opened when I was 13 years old," Brandon said.
Brandon said he grew up on his family's egg farm. When he saw an advertisement for a football competition around his hometown in Michigan, Brandon said he walked through his first door.
After winning the competition and several others, Brandon made it to the National Finals for punting and kicking. Although he only finished second, those competitions led him to college.
"All I ever wanted to do was to be a teacher or a coach," Brandon said. He received a full scholarship to the University of Michigan and played football, basketball and baseball. Brandon said without the scholarship, he would not have been able to attend the university.
However, it was by going to college that he received his first job offer to work at Procter & Gamble, an international manufacturer of products ranging from soap to household cleaning products.
"I had never taken a business class in my life," Brandon said.
Nevertheless, he took the job, which led him to become the CEO of Valassis, the number one provider of polybags - the bags newspapers are put in. Finally, nine years ago Brandon received a call from Domino's pizza offering him the CEO position.
Brandon spoke about his first experience with Domino's Pizza. In 1970, Brandon was sitting with his roommate at the University of Michigan. After Brandon told his roommate he was hungry, the roommate said they should order a pizza. Brandon said he didn't know pizza could even be delivered, but thought, "Hot damn, this is amazing!"
"My first door opened when I was 13 years old," Brandon said.
Brandon said he grew up on his family's egg farm. When he saw an advertisement for a football competition around his hometown in Michigan, Brandon said he walked through his first door.
After winning the competition and several others, Brandon made it to the National Finals for punting and kicking. Although he only finished second, those competitions led him to college.
"All I ever wanted to do was to be a teacher or a coach," Brandon said. He received a full scholarship to the University of Michigan and played football, basketball and baseball. Brandon said without the scholarship, he would not have been able to attend the university.
However, it was by going to college that he received his first job offer to work at Procter & Gamble, an international manufacturer of products ranging from soap to household cleaning products.
"I had never taken a business class in my life," Brandon said.
Nevertheless, he took the job, which led him to become the CEO of Valassis, the number one provider of polybags - the bags newspapers are put in. Finally, nine years ago Brandon received a call from Domino's pizza offering him the CEO position.
Brandon spoke about his first experience with Domino's Pizza. In 1970, Brandon was sitting with his roommate at the University of Michigan. After Brandon told his roommate he was hungry, the roommate said they should order a pizza. Brandon said he didn't know pizza could even be delivered, but thought, "Hot damn, this is amazing!"
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