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Nov 1, 2021 · Zach McLeroy is out as CEO of Zaxby’s, the chicken restaurant chain he co-founded with Tony Townley in 1990. He will become chairman in January 2022, and Bernard Acoca will become the Athens, Georgia-based chain’s first CEO hired from the outside.
Zach McLeroy, Chairman and Founder of Zaxby's, has grown a billion-dollar franchise through hard work, resiliency, and determination that all began with a dream and an opportunity in 1990.
The first Zaxby's was established in Statesboro, Georgia, in March 1990, near the Georgia Southern University campus, by childhood friends Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley. The company's first restaurant outside of Georgia was opened in September 1994 in Bowling Green, Kentucky .
Oct 26, 2021 · Zach McLeroy, who co-founded Zaxby's in 1990, will step down as CEO and become chairman in January 2022. Bernard Acoca, a former El Pollo Loco and Starbucks executive, will replace him as the first external CEO in the company's history.
Dec 21, 2018 · What Inspires Zaxby’s CEO Zach McLeroy. ‘I’m still as passionate today as I was the day I started.’. I grew up thinking I was going to be a professional drummer and travel the world. My journey to the restaurant industry began in high school when I started working in restaurants.
Oct 26, 2021 · Zaxby's, a premium chicken QSR founded by Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley in 1990, announced that McLeroy will transition to Chairman and Bernard Acoca will become the new CEO. Acoca has experience leading El Pollo Loco, Starbucks, and L'Oréal.
Zach McLeroy is a 35-year veteran of the hospitality industry. He is co-founder and former CEO of the multi-billion dollar Zaxby’s restaurant brand- which was majority acquired by Goldman Sachs’ private equity in 2020.
