VITAL STATISTICS
Age: 58
Where born: Salt Lake City.
Family: Wife Barbara Nicholson Slaymaker; sons Eric and Scott and daughter Suzanne Bronzati.
Education: Air Science Degree, University of Utah. Also attended Brigham Young University.
Primary products: Restaurant franchisee and franchisor.
Primary markets: Franchisee: TGI Friday's in Utah and Idaho; Tony Roma's - A Place for Ribs in Utah, Idaho and Tucson; and Sizzler in Alaska and Wyoming.
Number of employees: 750.
Annual sales: Approximately $34 million.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: Deseret News paperboy and street salesman at age 9.
Management style: Realizing the possible through motivation and mutual respect.
Strategy for success: Hire the best people possible, give them goals and direction and let them go for it.
A memorable failure: Too many to recall a single one.
Hero: My mother. She raised five children on welfare.
Leisure time and hobbies: Cycling and reading. I'm a real gym rat.
Favorite book and movie: "History of Civilization" by Will and Ariel Durant. "2001 - A Space Odyssey."