Sam fox restaurants biography of william shakespeare

Phoenix restaurateur Sam Fox made headlines this week when he sold his Fox Restaurant Concepts to the Cheesecake Factory Incorporated for $308 million in cash.

While questions remain about how exactly the sale will affect local favorites such as Blanco Tacos and Tequila, North Italia and Culinary Dropout, here are 10 things you need to know about the restaurateur himself.

He's been an entrepreneur since childhood

Fox caught the entrepreneurial bug at a young age, selling gum to classmates.

Sam fox restaurants biography of william shakespeare

He told Arizona Republic reporter Sue Doerfler in 2015, "I would go to Price Club and buy a pack for 25 cents and I'd go to school and sell a piece for 25 cents each," he said. "I think the janitor at school probably hated me.

There was gum all over." 

He comes from a family of restaurateurs

Fox blended his entrepreneurial spirit with knowledge of restaurants from his family. Fox is a third-generation restaurateur, and his parents