Andrew Cherng, Chairman & Co-CEO Peggy Cherng, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO
John F Theuer CFO
Revenue
$3.5 billion (2018)[2]
Owner
Cherng family
Number of employees
30,000[3]
Website
www.pandarg.com
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Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. is the parent company of Panda Inn, Panda Express and Hibachi-San. It was founded by Andrew and Peggy Tsiang Cherng [4] and Andrew's father, Master Chef Ming-Tsai Cherng; the family originated from the Yangzhou region of China's Jiangsu province. They started their first Panda Inn restaurant in 1973 in Pasadena, California. Ten years later a developer of the new Glendale Galleria mall, a frequent patron of Panda Inn, asked Andrew to start a fast-service version of his restaurant in the new mall. In 1985 the store went from five locations to nine in just one year.[5]
The group's headquarters is located in Rosemead, California.[6] Panda Express is the largest Asian-American restaurant chain in the United States,[5] with 2,200 branches. In 2019 Panda Express opened its first branch in Manila, Philippines, as a joint venture between the Panda Restaurant Group and Jollibee Foods Corp., JBPX Foods.[7][8]
Andrew Cherng and his wife Peggy Tsiang Cherng met at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.[9] Peggy Cherng went on to receive her B.S. degree in Mathematics from Oregon State University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri.[6] The company debuted on Forbes' 2016 edition of America's Largest Private Companies[10]
The Cherngs invest their personal wealth out of their family office, the Cherng Family Trust.[11][12]
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