Pioneer: George Tidball

Born in Alberta and schooled all the way to an MBA at Harvard, George Tidball brought McDonald's to Canada in the Sixties. In June, 1971, probably looking for a more adult kind of concept, George opened the first Keg n' Cleaver restaurant in North Vancouver. The brand has grown to become Canada's premier steakhouse, with eighty-plus locations and more than 6,000 employees, a concept that has been a destination for great food and fun for more than thirty years. At one time or another, everyone in the food-service industry has worked at a Keg. Be a leader rather than an administrator, says George. It's good advice. Ladies and gentlemen, the founder of Keg Restaurants, George Tidball.