Daniel Schwartz
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501 appearances
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 10 Feb
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Yeah, I think if you rewind a bunch of years earlier, it was a subsidiary of Wendy's.
That's right.
That's what drove the... Did we really want to be attached to Burger Brand again?
But ultimately, I think we were able to convince them that this was going to be great for everybody, that this was going to be a portfolio of brands, that we would take Tim Hortons International, and that most importantly, the brand would retain its independence and independent management and focus in Canada.
Warren never compromises on business quality and takes discipline.
And I think what we do here and
We like to think that we emulate him in that capacity, that we will never compromise on business quality.
But to throw it back at you.
You were qualified in your late 20s to manage the money.
So why wouldn't they be qualified to run the business?
we're lucky because I think we both grew up work-wise in these extremely pure meritocracies that genuinely valued talent over tenure.
And I think Alex benefited from that when he led the acquisition of the railroad and the co-founders gave him a shot to be the CEO of the largest railroad company in all of Latin America at age 30.
So that was normal to him.
And after working together for, I guess, what, five plus years or six years, he knew me, he trusted me, and he knew I'd give everything that I had and I wouldn't let Burger King fail, which is why he was comfortable similarly giving me a shot as CFO and CEO because someone gave him a shot.
And when I was in that role, I...
spent a disproportionate amount of my time focused on recruiting and recruiting who I believed would be the best, best, best people.
Not the best people...
who'd be willing to go to work in a burger chain in South Florida, but just the best people, period.
And whether it's like the rising star at McKinsey or at Blackstone or at Goldman Sachs or at another company, I'd want the best, best, best people.
And I similarly was willing to give them shots
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