Rich Melman (born 1942) is an American businessman, and the founder and chairman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a privately held restaurant company with more than 100 venues.
[2][3] In 1971, Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff founded R.J. Grunts in Lincoln Park in Chicago.
[1] Some of their best-known restaurants include Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak, & Stone Crab, Ed Debevic's, Wildfire Grill, Mon Ami Gabi, Beatrix and RPM Italian.
[6] The separate consulting business has served McDonald's Corp., Chart House and Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits.
[citation needed] He is the father of two sons and a daughter – R.J., Jerrod, and Molly, who all work in the company.