Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017), also known as Mr. I, was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who served as the founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. He also owned the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
Ilitch was at the center of Detroit's downtown redevelopment efforts; he purchased and renovated the Fox Theatre and relocated his business headquarters (Ilitch Holdings) there. He also owned Olympia Entertainment. A second generation American of Macedonian descent,[1][2] he was married to Marian Bayoff Ilitch.
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Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017), also known as Mr. I, was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who served as the founder and...
Ilitch (born January 7, 1933) is an American billionaire businesswoman, and the co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza with her late husband, MikeIlitch...
Ilitch Holdings, Inc. is an American holding company established in 1999 to provide all companies owned by Mike and Marian Ilitch with professional and...
MikeIlitch and Marian Ilitch. His siblings are Denise Ilitch, Ronald "Ron" Tyrus Ilitch, Michael C. Ilitch Jr., Lisa M. Ilitch Murray, Atanas Ilitch...
run.[citation needed] Denise Ilitch is a second-generation Macedonian American, the daughter of MikeIlitch and Marian Ilitch. She earned her bachelor's...
after 50 years of family ownership, Bruce Norris sold the Red Wings to MikeIlitch, founder of the pizza chain Little Caesars. In 1983, the Red Wings drafted...
the Year Award. MikeIlitch, the Tigers owner since 1992, died at the age of 87 on February 10, 2017. The team remains in an Ilitch family trust, under...
owned by Ilitch Holdings, and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Little Caesars Pizza was founded on May 8, 1959, by the married couple MikeIlitch and Marian...
then-Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers owner, MikeIlitch, would purchase Detroit's NBA franchise. But, after Ilitch's exclusive 30-day negotiating period with...
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Wayne State University MikeIlitch School of Business neighboring Little Caesars Arena (both of which have ties to the Ilitch family), and an office building...
fashion from 1988 to 1990, and the final one occurred in 1992. In 1987, MikeIlitch began negotiations with the Arena Football League (AFL), to join for...
headquartered there: Domino's Pizza by Tom Monaghan and Little Caesars Pizza by MikeIlitch. Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in the U.S. in 2012, however...
high-rise apartment building. Learning of Parks's move, Little Caesars owner MikeIlitch offered to pay for her housing expenses for as long as necessary. In...
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playoffs only twice in the next 16 years until being purchased by MikeIlitch in 1982. Ilitch revitalized the club, hiring Jim Devellano to manage the team;...
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philanthropic works. Monaghan ultimately sold the Tigers to his competitor MikeIlitch of Little Caesar's Pizza in 1992. Combining his passion for pizza and...
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general manager Gary Vitto helped pay some of them off. Vitto and owner MikeIlitch tried their best to help Schlichter, keeping him on a budget and requiring...
for $7,700. The Detroit Red Wings mascot The Red Winger appeared when MikeIlitch bought the team in 1982 and continued mascoting until the end of the...
was hired as general manager for the Detroit Red Wings by new owner MikeIlitch in the summer of 1982. Devellano served as the general manager of the...
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