- Julia Stewart
Julia A. Stewart (born 1955) is an American businesswoman who is currently the Chief Executive of
DineEquity , America's largestcasual dining company. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/dining/20applebee.html A Craving for Riblets and Change at Applebee’s] . Kim Severson. New York Times. August 19 2008.] DineEquity was formed in 2007 when Stewart successfully ledIHOP , which Stewart was chairwoman and chief executive of, to take over the largerApplebee's for 1.9 billion USD and debt. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/11interview-web.html?ref=dining Can the IHOP Corp. Do for Applebee’s What It Did for Itself?] . Mickey Meece. New York Times. August 11 2007.] Prior to the takeover, Stewart had led Applebee's to 18 quarters of consecutive growth by moving over to a primarily franchise driven business model. Prior to joining IHOP in 2001, she was president of Applebee's domestic division. In 2007 Stewart ranked 49 on theForbes Magazine list of the 50 Most Powerful Women. [http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0709/gallery.women_mostpowerful.fortune/49.html 50 Most Powerful Women of 2007: The Power 50] . Katie Benner, Eugenia Levenson, and Rupali Arora. Forbes Magazine. Access Date 8-20-2008.]References
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