Tom Monaghan
Founder and longtime leader
Legacy
Built Domino's delivery-first franchise model and global brand foundation.
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
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Leadership History
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Domino's is not just a restaurant chain. It is a franchising, logistics, brand, and technology system built around a narrow product focus. That focus lets the company scale repeatable operations across thousands of stores while using digital ordering and supply chain discipline to keep the model coherent.
Domino's earns revenue from several connected streams: royalties and fees from franchised stores, sales from company-owned stores, and supply chain revenue from selling dough, ingredients, equipment, and supplies to the store base. The model is powerful because corporate growth can benefit from franchisee sales without requiring Domino's to own every restaurant.
Founder and longtime leader
Built Domino's delivery-first franchise model and global brand foundation.
Chief Executive Officer
Led the brand turnaround, digital ordering push, and renewed sales momentum.
Chief Executive Officer
Led Domino's through post-pandemic operations and remains CEO until September 30, 2026.
Incoming Chief Executive Officer
COO and President, Domino's U.S., scheduled to become CEO after Weiner's retirement.
The biggest challenges are store-level labor costs, delivery competition, franchisee profitability, food input volatility, and maintaining brand consistency across a heavily franchised system. The planned CEO transition also puts attention on execution because the company's core playbook depends on both franchisee trust and consumer-facing technology.
Russell J. Weiner is CEO as of July 22, 2026; Joseph H. Jordan is scheduled to become CEO on October 1, 2026.
Russell J. Weiner notified the company that he will retire as CEO effective September 30, 2026, and Joseph H. Jordan will become CEO on October 1, 2026.
Tom Monaghan built the company, and Patrick Doyle led the influential turnaround and digital ordering era.