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Restaurant CEO saddles up for winners

From polo fields to fast-casual restaurants, Chris Gannon’s leadership center is simple: Find a way to win.


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 a.m. September 28, 2022
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Chris Gannon, left, who co-founded Bolay with his dad, Tim Gannon, right, was an Ernst & Young Florida Entrepreneur of the Year winner in 2020. (Courtesy photo)
Chris Gannon, left, who co-founded Bolay with his dad, Tim Gannon, right, was an Ernst & Young Florida Entrepreneur of the Year winner in 2020. (Courtesy photo)
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Managers and executives at healthy eating fast casual chain Bolay, all the way up to co-founder and CEO Chris Gannon, regularly have buckets of ice dropped all over them.

It’s a head-to-toe freeze out reminiscent of NFL sideline Gatorade baths for the head coach as the clock winds down on a winning game. But the Bolay ice shower isn’t a charity challenge, nor is it an employee slip and fall situation. Instead, the ice is a mark of a new store opening or another big win. (With some 25 locations, and plans to open 10 more by the end of 2023, the Palm Beach Gardens-based chain will soon be heaving many more ice cubes.)  

“It’s a sign of winning and everybody likes to play for winner,” says Gannon, adding he’s been the recipient of a Bolay ice bath multiple times. “I love it. You don’t get ice dumped on you if you’re a loser right?”

 


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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.

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