Andrew Puzder

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Andrew Puzder (2017)

Andrew Franklin "Andy" Puzder (born July 11, 1950 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American manager . He received a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 1978 , where he served as senior editor for the Law Review . Since September 2000, Puzder has been President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CKE Restaurants .

On 8 December 2016, the nominee designated US President Donald Trump Puzder as a future Labor minister in his cabinet . On February 15, 2017, the day before the relevant vote in the US Senate , Puzder announced his retirement due to increasing opposition to him in the hearings for his nomination . In his place, Trump has now nominated Alexander Acosta , u. A. under George W. Bush Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department .

career

education

Puzder is the son of Winifred M. (Franklin) and Andrew Frank Puzder. He grew up in Russell Township , Geauga County , Ohio . He attended Kent State University , which he left in 1970 to pursue a career as a rock musician. When Puzder lived in Cleveland Heights , Ohio, he worked in the sale of a guitar business and attended Cleveland State University , where he received his bachelor's degree in history in 1975 . He then attended Washington University School of Law , where he was editor of the Law Review and where he received his Juris Doctor in 1978 .

Professional career

From 1978 to 1983, Puzder was a partner in Morris Shenker 's law firm in St. Louis. In 1984 he moved to Stolar Partnership in St. Louis and worked with criminal defense attorney Charles A. Seigel .

While practicing law in St. Louis, he wrote an abortion law for the state of Missouri, which was amended by the 1989 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services has been stopped by the United States Supreme Court . Following the Webster decision, Puzder became a founding member of the Common Ground Network for Life and Choice. In 1984, Puzder and another attorney had written an article for the Stetson Law Journal proposing law for Missouri that would save life at conception.

While working as a lawyer in St. Louis, Puzder met Carl Karcher , the founder of the fast-food chain Carl's Jr. Karcher was in great trouble and asked Puzder to move to California as his personal attorney. In 1991 Puzder moved to Orange County, California. Puzder was able to solve Karcher's financial problems, prevent the company from going bankrupt, and retain a significant stake in the company he founded, CKE Restaurants, Inc. (CKE).

Puzder resolved Karcher's financial problems by finalizing a transaction with William P. Foley, executive director of Fidelity National Financial . In 1994, Foley became chairman and chief executive officer of CKE, and Karcher resigned as chairman. In 1995, Puzder became executive vice president and general counsel for Fidelity and headed one of the largest legal departments in a California corporation. He also worked with Foley to create the Santa Barbara Restaurant Group , a conglomerate of restaurant chains. Puzder was the managing director of this company.

1997 Puzder was appointed Executive Vice President and General Counsel appointed by CKE. In the same year, CKE acquired Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. , which owns the Hardee's fast-food brand. Hardee's was a distressed brand, with CKE taking over $ 700 million in debt with the acquisition. Business was bad and capitalization fell to around $ 200,000. In June 2000, due to organizational and financial problems, the Board of Directors of CKE appointed Puzder President and CEO of Hardee's Food Systems and in September 2000 President and CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc. Puzder has restructured both Hardee's and CKE brands and again brought on a growth path.

92% of CKE restaurants are now owned by franchisees . The US Department of Labor, which Puzder was supposed to lead, has long pursued the intention of holding franchise companies as joint entrepreneurs with their franchisees liable for compliance with labor standards. As a board member of the International Franchise Association , a lobbying group of franchise companies, Puzder had vehemently opposed this intention. According to a study by Bloomberg BNA, the Ministry of Labor found violations of labor law in random samples in 60% of all CKE restaurants examined, which puts Puzder in a comparatively good position among the examined franchise companies: the average of the legal violations identified was 75%.

In July 2010, took over private equity -Gesellschaft Apollo Global Management , the company CKE for 1 billion US dollars. In December 2013, the Roark Capital Group bought CKE again and left the CKE management including Puzder in office.

Honorary positions

In 2011, Puzder was appointed to the National Advisory Board of the Washington University School of Law . In 2013 he was elected Director of the International Franchise Association's Board of Directors . Puzder is a National Council Co-Chair of the American Enterprise Institute . Puzder is a member of the Job Creators Network , an organization that opposes government regulations on businesses.

Activities as an author, commentator and political commitment

Puzder frequently writes on business and legal topics in magazines such as the Wall Street Journal , Forbes , Real Clear Politics , CNBC online, National Review , The Hill , Politico, and the Orange County Register . He has appeared on business news programs such as Your World with Neil Cavuto , Varney & Co. , Mornings with Maria , The O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly , Mad Money with Jim Cramer , Fast Money , Power Lunch , Lou Dobbs Tonight and Squawk on the street . He has hosted both Varney & Co. and Squawk on the Street . He is a regular speaker at colleges, universities and other locales on business issues and the impact of government law on businesses.

Puzder is known as a critic of the minimum wage increases . In 2010 he was a co-author of Job Creation: How It Really Works and Why Government Doesn't Understand It .

In 2011, Puzder contributed to Believe in America, Mitt Romney's plan for job and economic growth. He was a business advisor and spokesperson for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. Puzder was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2012 and chaired the subcommittee on business, job creation and debt. In 2016, Puzder raised funds for Donald Trump's presidential campaign . He was a spokesman and economic advisor to the campaign. Puzder was also a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention and chaired the subcommittee on economics, job creation and debt of the platform committee "Restoring the American Dream". On February 15, 2017, Puzder withdrew his candidacy as Minister of Labor. Puzder was against regulations in the labor market and against a minimum wage. Numerous lawsuits relating to non-payment of wages and sexual harassment were pending against his restaurant chain; because of this, and because of his more immigration-friendly attitude, several Republican senators wanted to refuse his approval. He himself had employed an immigrant as a housekeeper for years without an immigration permit. He was also confronted with the familiar allegations of domestic violence. Four votes against by Republican senators were considered certain. The votes of eight other Republican senators were uncertain.

With the nomination of Puzder, Trump defied an unwritten rule that Democrats and Republicans had adhered to when filling the Ministry of Labor: Democrats do not nominate a union leader , Republicans do not nominate a company boss .

Awards and honors

PR News and CommCore Consulting named Puzder Spokesperson of the Year in 2005 for his work for the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's brands on television and radio. Puzder received the Nation's Restaurant News' Golden Chain Award in 2008 for his achievements and accomplishments during his career as a manager in the fast food industry. In 2009 Cleveland State University named Puzder Distinguished Alumni of the Year. In 2009 Puzder was named 'Coach Arts Man of the Year'. In 2010 he received the Food Service Operator of the Year Silver Plate Award from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association in recognition of his work for and dedication to the fast food industry. In 2012, Washington University School of Law named Puzder Distinguished Alumni of the Year.

Personal

Puzder and his first wife were divorced in 1989 ; he has six children and six grandchildren and lives with his second wife in Franklin, Tennessee .

Web links

Commons : Andrew Puzder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ faz.net , February 16, 2017: Alexander Acosta is to become Minister of Labor (February 17, 2017)
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  6. ↑ Birth Record of Andrew Puzder Jr. . In: MooseRoots . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ Donald Trump picks Cleveland native Andy Puzder for labor secretary . In: Cleveland.com , December 8, 2016. 
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  15. ^ Greg Hernandez: Puzder Assigned to Rescue Hardee's Hamburger Chain . In: Los Angeles Times . June 15, 2000.
  16. ↑ Allysia Finley: Andy Puzder: Of Burgers, Bikinis and ObamaCare . The Wall Street Journal . 14th of June 2013.
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  19. ↑ Don Sniegowski: Engaged franchisees Key to Success CKE . Blue Maumau. February 7, 2012.
  20. ↑ Joint Employment Under the FLSA and MSPA ( Memento of 17 February 2017 in the Internet Archive ), US Department of Labor, 2017
  21. ^ Franchise Owners Fight Joint Employer Across the US , website of the International Franchise Organization, March 22, 2016
  22. ↑ Is Franchise Model a Recipe for Fast-Food Wage Violations? , Ben Penn, Bloomberg BNA, September 14, 2016
  23. ^ Andy Puzder, Trump's choice for Labor secretary, is a good spokesman for fast-food restaurant owners. For their employees, not so much , Michael Hiltzik, LATimes, December 8, 2016
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  25. ^ National Council Members . Washington University School of Law .
  26. ^ IFA Board of Directors . IFA.
  27. ^ American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Background . DESMOG.
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  31. ↑ 2012 Republican National Convention: California Delegates . Republican National Convention.
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  33. ^ Romney loyalists' divisions over Trump spill out into the open at Utah summit . Washington Post.
  34. ^ RNC And Donald J. Trump For President Announce 2016 State Victory Finance Chairs . GOP.
  35. ^ Wilbur Ross, Andy Puzder, Peter Navarro: Donald Trump's Contract with the American Voter . RealClear Policy. October 30, 2016.
  36. ^ Republican Platform 2016 . Republican Platform Committee.
  37. ↑ Tagesschau: Puzder renounces ministerial office
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  44. ^ Past Gold & Silver Plate Winners . International Foodservice Manufacturers Association. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
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  46. ^ Tim Bryant: Hardee's headquarters moving to Nashville . In: St. Louis Post-Dispatch . March 7, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Puzder, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Puzder, Andrew Franklin (full name); Puzder, Andy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager, CEO of CKE restaurants
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio