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Kev foob hais tias billionaire James Leprino, uas nws tsev neeg tswj hwm lub ntiaj teb cov neeg tsim khoom loj tshaj plaws mozzarella, tsis tau muab nws tus kwv tij cov ntxhais, Leprino Foods 'cov tswv haiv neeg tsawg, tib lub sijhawm kom tau nyiaj raws li nws thiab nws cov menyuam muaj.
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Tnws tsev neeg muaj mozzarella txiag uas muab khoom noj feem ntau ntawm cov pizza cheese noj hauv Asmeskas tuaj yeem mus rau qhov tawg.
Kev sib cav sib ceg ntawm tus neeg nplua nuj nplua nuj James Leprino thiab ob tug ntxhais ntawm nws tus tij laug tuag tab tom yuav mus rau pej xeem. Ob tug tub xeeb ntxwv liam tias Leprino thiab nws ob tug menyuam, uas tau hais tias muaj 75% ntawm Leprino Foods, tau txais txiaj ntsig hauv txoj hauv kev uas tsis muaj rau lawv raws li cov tswv haiv neeg tsawg. Leprino Foods tswj hwm cov tswv cuab tsawg ib txwm tau txais lawv qhov ncaj ncees. Kev sim yuav tau teem caij pib lub Kaum Ib Hlis 28 hauv Denver. Kev foob hais tias lub tsev hais plaub tuaj yeem ua tau coj cov kauj ruam tsawg ntawm kev tawg lub tuam txhab.
"Yog tias cov no tau ua tiav los txhawm rau tshem tawm cov tswv cuab tsawg thiab ua rau lawv raug mob, nws yog ib qho teeb meem," said Chicago tus kws lij choj Peter Lubin, uas tshwj xeeb hauv kev sib cav tswv yim thiab tsis koom nrog hauv rooj plaub Leprino. “Qhov no puas yog yuam kom lawv muag tawm rau pheej yig? Qhov ntawd yog ib lo lus nug ntawm qhov tseeb, uas yuav tau teeb pom kev hauv kev sim. Nws yeej nyob ntawm cov pov thawj. "
Lub koob yees duab txaj muag: Yog tias koj Google James Leprino daim duab, koj yuav tau txais cov phooj ywg billionaire John Malone. Lub tuam txhab portrait xyoo 1978 no tsuas yog paub cov duab ntawm Leprino Foods 'tus tsim (txoj cai). Nws tham nrog tus thawj tswj hwm qub Wes Allen (sab laug).
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James Leprino tau tuav nws tsev neeg txoj kev lag luam hauv xyoo 1958 thiab hloov nws niam nws txiv lub khw muag khoom noj hauv Denver's Little Ltalis mus rau hauv lub tebchaws cheese. Lub tuam txhab ntiag tug yog lub hauv paus ntawm ntau npaum li 85% ntawm pizza cheese hauv Asmeskas, nrog cov neeg siv khoom suav nrog lub teb chaws cov saw loj tshaj plaws - Domino's, Pizza Hut, Little Caesars thiab Papa John's. Lub tuam txhab tseem yog ib tus neeg muag khoom loj ntawm whey, cheese byproduct siv hauv cov mis mos, protein shakes thiab khoom noj xws li Yoplait yogurt thiab Pillsbury Toaster Strudel. Leprino Foods muaj ntau dua 50 patents thiab muag ntau dua 1 billion phaus cheese hauv ib xyoos nrog $ 3.5 nphom hauv kwv yees cov nyiaj tau los txhua xyoo. James Leprino, 84, tsis tau yees duab rau pej xeem txij li xyoo 1978. Nws muaj nqis kwv yees li $ 1.9 nphom.
Leprino thiab nws ob tug ntxhais, Terry Leprino thiab Gina Vecchiarelli, ua ke tswj ntau tshaj peb lub hlis twg ntawm Leprino Foods. Qhov seem kwv yees li ntawm 25% yog keeb kwm tuav los ntawm James 'tus tij laug, Mike, uas nws tus kheej ua tiav raws li tus tswv lag luam thiab tus tsim vaj tsev, raws li kev foob. Thaum Mike Leprino tuag rau xyoo 2018, nws txoj kev sib koom tau mus rau kev tso siab rau nws peb tus ntxhais - Nancy thiab Mary Leprino, uas tau foob lawv txiv ntxawm, thiab lwm tus, Laura, uas tsis yog tog rau qhov foob.
Qhov kev tsis txaus siab hais tias James Leprino thiab nws cov ntxhais tau siv lawv cov tswv cuab feem ntau thiab tau pov npav los tswj hwm lub tuam txhab kom Leprino Foods muab khoom plig zoo tshaj plaws rau lawv thaum tsis quav ntsej cov tswv cuab tsawg.
Qhov kev foob qhov piv txwv tseem ceeb hnub tim rau xyoo 2017, thaum lub tuam txhab pawg thawj coj pom zoo ib qho tshwj xeeb ntawm cov nyiaj tsis pub se rau cov tswv lag luam vim tias kev lag luam tau hloov ntawm ib qho kev xaiv se, S-Corp, mus rau lwm qhov, C-Corp. Leprino Foods tau them $ 405 lab rau James thiab nws cov ntxhais, thiab $ 135 lab rau Mike peb tus ntxhais, raws li kev foob.
James Leprino thiab nws cov ntxhais tau qiv $ 405 lab rov qab rau lub tuam txhab ntawm tus paj laum ntawm 2.68% rau 20 xyoo. Nrog kev txaus siab ntxiv, James Leprino thiab nws cov ntxhais yuav tau txais ntau dua - $ 28.3 lab txhua xyoo hauv tus thawj tswj hwm thiab cov paj laum, raws li kev tsis txaus siab. Qhov kev foob tau liam tias Nancy thiab Mary tau khaws cia tawm ntawm qhov kev qiv nyiaj thiab tsis paub txog nws kom txog thaum lawv tau nyeem lub tuam txhab daim ntawv tshaj tawm nyiaj txiag txhua xyoo - txawm tias cov txheej txheem tshawb nrhiav kev cai lij choj tau sau ib daim ntawv qhia tias Nancy tau hnov txog txoj kev npaj. Txij li thaum Leprino Foods muaj keeb kwm rov ua lag luam nws cov txiaj ntsig thiab tsis tshua muaj cov nyiaj faib tawm rau nws cov tswv lag luam, cov ntxhais hais kev sib cog lus zoo li ntawd yuav yog ib txoj hauv kev rau lawv kom tau nyiaj ntxiv los ntawm lawv cov tswv mus ntev. Leprino Foods suav hais tias txij li thaum Nancy thiab Mary tau koom nrog cov tswv cuab los ntawm lawv cov kev ntseeg siab hauv xyoo 2013, ntau dua $ 250 lab tau muab faib rau cov tswv cuab tsawg.
Kev tso tawm ntawm txhua tus neeg muaj npe nyob rau hauv rooj plaub, suav nrog ib tus nrog James Leprino, tau ua tiav thiab qhov kev tshawb pom tau xaus.
"Kuv cov neeg tau txais txiaj ntsig tsuas yog xav tau kev saib xyuas ncaj ncees," tus kws lij choj rau cov tswv cuab tsawg tau hais Forbes. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kev sib foob hais txog." Tus kws lij choj tau hais tias cov tub ntxhais hluas tau qhib rau kev sib tham ua ntej qhov kev sim pib.
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Cov tswv lag luam feem ntau hais tias lawv tsis mloog yog tias rooj plaub mus sib hais. Cov ntaub ntawv, lawv sib cav, tsis yog ntau tshaj li cov neeg koom nrog tsawg sim yuam kom lawv muab los yuav lawv tawm ntawm lawv cov khoom qub txeeg qub teg, lossis txwv tsis pub kom tau txais lawv cov shares thiab nyiaj ntsuab tawm.
Cliff Stricklin, tus kws lij choj rau Leprino Foods thiab feem ntau cov tswv cuab ntawm Denver-based King & Spalding, hais tias lub tuam txhab kev coj noj coj ua thiab 5,000-ntxiv cov neeg ua haujlwm yeej ib txwm cog lus ua qhov yog. "Thaum peb poob siab los ntawm kev ua ntawm qee tus ntawm peb cov neeg koom nrog tsawg, peb tos ntsoov yuav daws qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm kev lag luam sai sai thiab txuas ntxiv muab peb cov neeg siv khoom nrog cov khoom zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tus nqi sib tw," nws hais.
"Thaum peb poob siab los ntawm kev ua ntawm qee tus ntawm peb cov neeg koom nrog tsawg, peb tos ntsoov yuav daws qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm kev lag luam no sai thiab txuas ntxiv muab peb cov neeg siv khoom nrog cov khoom zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tus nqi sib tw."
Tam sim no lub tsev hais plaub yuav txiav txim siab seb qhov kev txiav txim no puas muaj feem cuam tshuam rau feem coob ntawm cov neeg koom nrog ua txhaum lawv lub luag haujlwm fiduciary.
James Leprino tsis tau tsim Leprino Cov Khoom Noj rau xyoo dhau los uas tsis tau pov ob peb lub luj tshib.
Tus yau tshaj ntawm tsib tus menyuam yug los rau cov neeg tuaj txawv teb chaws Italian uas nyeem tsis tau lossis sau ntawv Askiv, Leprino loj hlob tes ua cov pob mozzarella nrog nws tsev neeg muag hauv nws niam nws txiv lub khw muag khoom noj. Tom qab Leprino kawm tiav high school nyob rau hauv 1956, nws pib ua hauj lwm nrog nws txiv ntawm lub khw muag khoom noj tag nrho lub sij hawm, thiab raws li kev lag luam tawm tsam, Leprino pom tau hais tias nws cov phooj ywg tau siv lawv lub sij hawm dawb nyob rau hauv zej zog pizza pob qij txha. Pizzerias hauv cheeb tsam tau yuav 5,000 phaus ntawm cheese hauv ib lub lis piam. Raws li nws nco qab hauv 2017 Forbes profile, “Kuv xav tias, 'Qhov no yog lub khw zoo mus tom qab.' Yog li kuv tau ua. " Lub teb chaws Ottoman pib xyoo 1958 hauv chav 20-los-40-foot, nrog ob lub 100-gallon cheese vats thiab peb lub quarter horsepower boiler.
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Lub sijhawm tsis tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua. Tib lub xyoo, thawj Pizza Hut tau tshwm sim, hauv Wichita, Kansas. Tom qab ntawd, ib xyoos tom qab, Mike thiab Marian Ilitch tau qhib thawj Little Caesars, sab nraum Detroit. Lwm xyoo dhau mus, thiab Domino pib xa pizza, hauv Ypsilanti, Michigan. Tom qab ob xyoos hauv kev lag luam, Leprino Foods tau xa 200 phaus ntawm mozzarella thaiv ib lub lim tiam rau cov tsev noj mov Italian hauv zos. Cov chains 'kev loj hlob sai tau pib ua ib qho kev ua tsov rog loj tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm ntawm Asmeskas cov zaub mov.
Pizza Hut nws thiaj li dhau los ua Leprino tus neeg siv khoom loj tshaj plaws. Pizza Hut tau mus rau pej xeem hauv 1972 nrog ib ncig ntawm 1,000 lub khw muag khoom thiab, ntawm nws qhov siab tshaj plaws hauv xyoo 1990, suav txog 90% ntawm Leprino qhov muag.
Ib yam khoom hu ua Quality Locked Cheese - shredded thiab khov ib ntus - hloov txhua yam rau Leprino Foods thaum nws tau qhia nyob rau hauv 1986. Cov cheese tau tsim rau franchises uas yuav tsum tau ceev thiab sib xws. Ceev, QLC
Nrog rau patent nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, Leprino ua nws tus kheej indispensable. Cov patent ntawd thiab lwm tus tau pab tiv thaiv Leprino los ntawm cov neeg sib tw me me uas tsis tuaj yeem ntes cov thev naus laus zis tsim los ntawm Leprino Foods los yog tawm tsam cov loj heev hauv tsev hais plaub patent.
"Kuv txoj kev vam meej yog ib zaj dab neeg."
Lub spoils ntawm Leprino lub mozzarella faj tim teb chaws yog loj heev. Leprino Foods muaj peb lub dav hlau ntiag tug - Gulfstream G450, lub dav hlau Bombardier thiab lub dav hlau me me xyoo 1980. Leprino lub tsev nyob rau hauv Denver lub affluent Indian Hills suburb muaj 11 chav pw, thiab nws kuj muaj ib tug 8,000-square-foot so lub tsev nyob rau hauv Scottsdale, Arizona.
Tus tub tsiv teb tsaws chaw tau hais tias nws tsis muaj lub siab xav mus so. Leprino txoj kev npaj ua tiav tau yooj yim: Nws yuav faib nws cov tswv cuab ntawm nws ob tug ntxhais, uas tau ua haujlwm rau lub tuam txhab ntau xyoo tab sis tsis tau ua tus thawj coj, tsis yog ua cov tswv cuab.
Leprino hais tias "Kuv tsis xav kom lawv ua lub neej ua haujlwm tsis txaus ntseeg," Leprino hais Forbes hauv 2017. "Kuv txoj kev vam meej yog ib zaj dab neeg."
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Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2022/10/05/family-feud-forces-reclusive-dominos-cheese-billionaire-into-court/