Peter Boizot

About

English businessman and restaurateur who founded PizzaExpress, a popular European restaurant chain with additional branches in India, the Middle East, and Hong Kong.

Before Fame

He studied history at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953. He opened his first PizzaExpress restaurant in London in 1965.

Trivia

A music enthusiast, he opened the PizzaExpress Jazz Club in the Soho district of London in the late 1960s.

Family Life

He was born and raised in Peterborough, England. As a child, he studied at King's School, Peterborough.

Associated With

He and Little Caesar's founder Mike Ilitch both established popular pizza restaurant chains.