Papa John’s Founder Says ‘Day Of Reckoning’ Will Come for Pizza Chain

Former CEO Steve Ritchie and former chair of the board Olivia Kirtley, along with other directors, “used the black community and race as a way to steal the company,” Schnatter said. Papa John’s CEO Rob Lynch has experience in the restaurant industry, as he came from Arby’s. But Schnatter told WDRB Lynch not only has “no pizza experience,” but he lacks a “passion for people” — and never held a CEO title before.