He also serves on the Brown University President’s Leadership Council, the Applebee’s Franchise Business Council, the Panera Franchise Advisory Council, the Strategic Advisory Group of Goldman Sachs’ West Street Capital Partners VII, the Executive Advisory Board of Cove Hill Partners, L.P., and as a Yale GSAS Advisor. He serves on the boards of the Exploratorium and the International Franchise Association. Greg has an AB Magna Cum Laude from Brown University, an MA from Yale University, and an MBA from the Stanford GSB. He has also been recognized as Dealmaker of the Year by the Franchise Times and an Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young.

He was honored as Restaurant Leader of the Year by Restaurant Business Magazine and Operator of the Year by Nation's Restaurant News. He has three times been named Franchisee of the Year and four times named Operator of the Year by Applebee’s Services Inc. Greg has been recognized as one of the Bay Area’s Most Admired CEO’s by the San Francisco Business Times. Flynn Properties invests in commercial real estate and has owned and managed more than 3 million square feet since its founding in 1994 it also owns 30 hotels including, in partnership, the luxury resorts Esperanza, located in Los Cabos, Mexico, the Carneros Resort and Solage, both located in the Napa Valley, and the Madeline Hotel in Telluride. With approximately 2,400 Applebee’s, Taco Bells, Paneras, Arby's, Pizza Huts and Wendy’s restaurants generating $3.6 billion in sales and employing 73,000 people in 44 states, Flynn Restaurant Group is the largest franchise operator in the United States. Greg Flynn is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group and Flynn Properties. Greg Flynn Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer

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