Chris Milisci

Chris Milisci is the founder of Romulus Restaurant Group.

After working briefly for IHOP Corp. Chris acquired a single under-performing store in 1991. Chris has since grown Romulus' "short-stack" of companies to include over 110 restaurants, employing approximately 6,000 employees in eleven states. He led Romulus Restaurant Group's companies, and when combined they create the largest independently owned IHOP franchisee/developer. Romulus Restaurant Group is routinely ranked in the top 50 by the Franchise Times’ Restaurant 200.

He is a two-time winner of IHOP’s Chairman Award for franchisee of the year and was a consistent regional franchisee of the year winner. Chris has served on several franchisee boards, and was integral to forming and was a founding board member of the franchisee-owned buying co-op, Centralized Supply Chain Systems, Inc. (CSCS), as well as the Blue Roof Franchise Association.

Chris also led RCDG (Restaurant Capital & Development Group, LLC) which is focused on development and transactional acquisitions in and around the restaurant industry. RCDG has participated in transactions valued in excess of $100 million dollars since its inception in 2005.

Chris held a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.