Marian Ilitch & family
$6.9B
Born
Jan 07, 1933
Age
92
Source of Wealth
Little Caesars Pizza
Residence
Bingham Farms, Michigan
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Widowed
Children
7
Education
Diploma, High School; High School Graduate, High School
- Marian Ilitch and her husband, Mike, who died in 2017, cofounded Little Caesars Pizza in 1959.
- Mrs. I, as she's known, owns the pizza chain, which hauls in more than $5 billion in annual systemwide sales.
- She also owns the Detroit Red Wings NHL team and MotorCity Casino Hotel; the Detroit Tigers MLB team is owned by an Ilitch family trust.
- Ilitch is helping build a $1.4 billion sports and entertainment district in Detroit that includes a new headquarters with pizza-shaped windows.
- In the early days, Ilitch had to prevent her husband, who quietly paid Rosa Parks' rent for years, from giving away free pizzas.
- Ilitch is a former Delta Airlines ticket agent.
- Ilitch met her late husband on a blind date.
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