Marian Ilitch
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About
Most famous for co-founding the Little Caesars pizza chain alongside her husband Mike Ilitch, she also became co-owner of Ilitch Holdings, Inc., the company that owns the MLB's Detroit Tigers and the NHL's Detroit Red Wings.
Before Fame
The first Little Caesars pizza restaurant opened in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, in the spring of 1959.
Trivia
Working Women Magazine once named her the top female C.E.O. in the United States.
Family Life
She and Mike, were both born to Macedonian parents. Their marriage resulted in seven children: Christopher, Denise, Ron, Michael, Lisa, Carole, and Atanas.
Associated With
She and Domino's founder Tom Monaghan both established major American pizza chains.
