COMMENTS

  1. Our Founder

    Our Founder. Warren Thompson learned at an early age the importance of hard work, focus, and determination. He started his career at age 14 with a grass-cutting business, graduated to delivering and selling produce out of a school bus at age 15, and, in his first leveraged buyout at the ripe old age of 16, purchased the family hog business from his father.

  2. Our Senior Leadership

    Senior Vice President, Strategy & Finance, Thompson Hospitality Corporation. Chief Administrative Officer, Thompson Hospitality Corporation. 1741 Business Center Drive, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20190. Thompson Hospitality is a minority-owned Food Service provider, and one of the largest Retail Food and Facilities Management companies in the country.

  3. How the owner of Fort Lauderdale's Matchbox and YOT built a billion

    Catalog; For You; Miami Herald (Sunday) How the owner of Fort Lauderdale's Matchbox and YOT built a billion-dollar empire 2024-02-11 - BY MICHAEL BUTLER mbutler@miamiheral­d.com Michael Butler: @mikeviimus­ic . Hospitalit­y mogul Warren Thompson, 64, speaks with a familial charisma and has the smile to match.

  4. The business behind Fort Lauderdale's YOT Bar and Matchbox

    Warren Thompson, founder of Thompson Hospitality, poses in front of his company's Matchbox restaurant on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise. Thompson started the company in ...

  5. Warren Thompson, President and Chairman of Thompson Hospitality

    February 16, 2021. Warren Thompson is the President and Chairman of Thompson Hospitality, the largest minority-owned food and facilities management company in the United States. In 1997 Thompson Hospitality and Compass Group USA formed a strategic partnership, making history as the first deal between a major food service company and a minority ...

  6. Warren M. Thompson

    WARREN M. THOMPSON. Warren M. Thompson is the president and chairman of Thompson Hospitality, the largest Black-led food and facilities management services company in the country. Driven by his father's creed - It isn't simply what you do in your life that matters; it's who you are - Warren has always been driven to be a good person ...

  7. Thompson Hospitality, the Largest Minority-owned Food Service

    RESTON, Va., Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Minority-owned and family-run food service management company, Thompson Hospitality, led by President and Founder Warren Thompson, is set to further ...

  8. Thompson Hospitality CEO Leads Through Diversification

    Source: Thompson Hospitality CEO Warren Thompson (Photo provided by Thompson Hospitality) Restaurant sales are projected to surpass $1.1 trillion this year, setting a new record for the industry.

  9. How Thompson Hospitality followed Marriott's blueprint

    How Thompson Hospitality's president followed Marriott's blueprint to massive success. Warren Thompson has built a nearly $1 billion company with a diversified model similar to his former ...

  10. Retail 2024: WARREN THOMPSON

    In late 2023, the company launched the Thompson Restaurants division, which is Thompson Hospitality's fastest-growing business. According to media reports, the division is expected to bring in more than $200 million in 2024. Thompson graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and University of Virginia's business school.

  11. Black-Owned Thompson Hospitality is Using Aggressive Expansion to

    With a projected annual growth rate of 15% to 20%, Thompson Hospitality aims to become an enterprise with revenue exceeding $1 billion within two years. The Reston, VA-based business has annual ...

  12. WARREN THOMPSON

    Published January 30, 2023 by Virginia Business. Thompson. Hall of Fame member. A Hampden-Sydney College and University of Virginia Darden School of Business alum who grew up in the town of Windsor in Isle of Wight County, Thompson started his company in 1992 after purchasing 31 Big Boy restaurants from Marriott Corp., his former employer.

  13. Celebrating Black History Month: Warren Thompson

    In 1997, Thompson Hospitality and Compass Group formed a strategic partnership, making history as the first deal between a major foodservice company and a minority firm. Throughout his life and career, Warren has used his influence to promote small, minority-owned businesses, mentoring young people and giving back to the community. Read his ...

  14. Warren Thompson

    Having spent nine years with Marriott, Warren's entrepreneurial spirit could not be contained any longer. Starting with a $100,000 personal investment, Warren Thompson pursued his vision of becoming a restaurateur and created Thompson Hospitality in October of 1992. He expanded the company's interests into the contract food service arena ...

  15. 20 Questions With Thompson Hospitality President Warren Thompson (MBA

    By Jay Hodgkins. University of Virginia Darden School of Business alumnus Warren Thompson (MBA '83) says he decided at the age of 12 he wanted to work in the restaurant business. He was sitting with his parents in a Shoney's in Portsmouth, Virginia — a big night out for the family then — and said, "I'd like to own one of these one ...

  16. Warren Thompson, Thompson Hospitality Corporation

    Warren M. Thompson is President and Chairman of Thompson Hospitality Corporation, the largest minority-owned food service and facilities management company in the U.S.With 6,000 associates and revenue of more than $800 million, Thompson Hospitality operates in 48 states and six foreign countries, providing a wide range of services.

  17. Warren Thompson

    Welcome back. . Freelance Captain Available for Deliveries and Charters · Experience: Yacht 4 Puppies · Location: Fort Lauderdale · 141 connections on LinkedIn. View Warren Thompson's profile ...

  18. Thompson Hospitality founder Warren Thompson buys Great Falls

    Thompson Hospitality is Greater Washington's 24th largest private company, according to Washington Business Journal research, reporting $750 million in 2022 revenue, 3,000 D.C.-area employees and ...

  19. Thompson Hospitality and Compass Group Partnership

    Warren Thompson leads the largest minority-owned hospitality organization in the United States. When Thompson Hospitality and Compass Group USA joined forces in 1997, together they made history as the first strategic partnership between a major food service company and a minority firm. Learn More. VICE CHAIRMAN &.

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  21. Dan Fenton

    EVP at JLL Hotel & Hospitality Group in San Jose, California. Through experience and dedication to his profession, Daniel Fenton has helped to revolutionize the tourism industry in San Jose, California. Under his direction, the Team San Jose Management Company in 2004 earned sweeping responsibility for the city's tourism industry.

  22. Ed Warren opened his first Ventura restaurant in 1963

    Ed and Hilda moved to Ventura, opening the first Warren's restaurant at 478 E. Main St. in 1963. They would later open another Warren's on Loma Vista and in 1970 bought a Ventura landmark building on Santa Clara St. This Victorian house-turned restaurant began as the Santa Clara House but would soon be the Big Green House.

  23. Sam Thompson

    Sam Thompson Senior Producer in San Ramon, California Visit my website. I was born and raised in Austin Texas, so yes - BBQ is in my blood. I also have an appreciation for a quality cocktail, so you may see me from time to time at the local watering holes - Bourbon & Branch, The Devil's Acre, Hard Water, Bitters Bock & Rye, or Whiskey Thieves ...