Steve Ells

Steve Ells

Steve Ells (42)cite news
url=http://people.forbes.com/profile/steve-ells/19160
title=Steve Ells Profile
publisher=Forbes] is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Chipotle Mexican Grill. Ells founded Chipotle in 1993, and under his direction,cite news
url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/feb2007/id20070216_695485.htm?chan=search
title=Chipotle: Fast Food with 'Integrity'
publisher=Business Week, February 16, 2007] committed the restaurant to serve only naturally raised meatcite news
url=http://www.cobizmag.com/articles.asp?id=1906
title=2007 CEO of the year Chipotle's Steve Ells pursues fast-casual perfection
publisher=Coloarado Business Magazine, Mike Taylor] and to promote sustainable architecture.

Ells was Born on September 12, 1965, in Indianapolis, the son of a pharmaceutical executive.cite news
url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1663316_1684619_1663337-1,00.html
title=Fine Fast Food
publisher=Time Magazine, Steve Ells] He attended Boulder High School, the University of Colorado at Boulder (receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History) and Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York [cite news
url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/other_business/article/0,2777,DRMN_23916_5233690,00.html
title=Chipotle founder had big dreams
publisher=Rocky Mountain News, Rachel Brand, Dec 23, 2006] — graduating in 1990.

quote box|width=250px|quote=""'We decided long ago that we didn't want Chipotle's success to be tied to the exploitation of animals, farmers, or the environment.cite news
url=http://www.happynews.com/news/8272007/chipotle-teams-farm-aid-help-family-farmers.htm
title=Eat a Burrito, Help a Family Farm.
publisher=Business Wire 8/28/2007, Denver] ""'
|source=Steve Ells

Ells served for two years as a sous chef under Jeremiah Towercite news
url=http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/23632
title=Steve Ells Profile
publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Marlene Parrish, June 04, 2007] at Stars restaurant in San Francisco prior to launching Chipotle. cite news
url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114626151474839283.html?mod=ITPWSJ_6
title=The Next Big Flavor
publisher=The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2006, Katie McLaughlin] and now sits on the board of directors of the Land Institute.

Ells was named Rocky Mountain News Business Person of the Year, 2006. In 2007, Ells received the "CEO of the year" award from ColoradoBiz magazine.cite news
url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/172674136.html
title=2007 CEO of the year: Chipotle's Steve Ells pursues fast-casual perfection.
publisher=Entrepreneur.com, Mike Taylor, Dec, 2007]

ee also

[http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1663721_1449389,00.html Photo Essay, Time Magazine: Steve Ells]

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