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William Bristor Darden (November 17, 1918 – March 29, 1994) was an American businessman and the founder of the Red Lobster restaurant franchise. He is also the namesake of the multi-brand restaurant operator Darden Restaurants, which considers Darden to be its founder. [1]
May 30, 2019 · Learn about Bill Darden, founder of the company that runs Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, and other restaurant chains.
Mar 30, 1994 · William B. Darden, the Orlando restaurateur who founded the Red Lobster seafood chain, died Tuesday after an extended illness. He was 75. Darden, described by friends and business associates as...
The Biography of Red Lobster Founder Bill Darden. William B. Darden was born in 1919, which meant that he was too young to enjoy the prosperity of the “Roaring Twenties,” but just the right age to be emotionally scarred by the economic ravages of the Great Depression. This hit his native South especially hard.
Aug 3, 2020 · Red Lobsters founder William B. Darden was an entrepreneur from a young age. After seeing the economic downturn that was caused by the Great Depression he was still able to find a way to make it into the business.
3 days ago · Once a booming seafood colossus with more than 700 restaurants around the globe, the 56-year-old chain founded by restaurant magnate William Bristor Darden is the latest in a list of American ...
William (Bill) Darden opened his first restaurant, The Green Frog, in Waycross, Georgia, in 1938 at age 19. He later founded the Red Lobster Inns of America and opened the first Red Lobster restaurant in Lakeland, Florida, in 1968.
