Article: u260 MILLION BID BATTLE HOTS UP AT PIZZA EXPRESS.

Article: `There's no amount of money in the world for which I would work ...
The Independent - London;  June 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... paid too much? When we bought Pizza Express for pounds 20m in 1993, everyone ... losing pounds 500,000 a year. Pizza Express is now worth pounds 450m. Only ... resent being over-shadowed by Luke Johnson for all those years? I think ...

Article: Luke Johnson heads Pizza Express ...
Financial News;  February 27, 2003 ;     323 words ...Luke Johnson Wednesday became the favourite to buy back Pizza Express, the restaurant chain he co-founded with Six ... the sale, and the non-executive directors of Pizza Express, who are managing the bid process.

Article: Me And My Partner: LUKE JOHNSON AND MICHAEL ...
The Independent - London;  December 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Luke Johnson: "Mike and I got on the moment we met in 1994 because he wasn't ... I first heard about Luke in 1992, when he was trying to reverse Pizza Express into the shell of an old computer company. At the time I thought it ...

Article: Twenty Questions: Luke Johnson, Chairman Of Belgo ...
The Independent - London;  October 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... was going to be a great deal. I can't remember exactly how much I lost, but it was painful. My best investment was in Pizza Express, not on the basis of the financial return, but because that's the one that made all the other things possible. 4Do you ...

Article: Pizza Express bidding war looms.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 28, 2003 ;     699 words ...Former Pizza Express chairman Luke Johnson yesterday faced a ... Johnson and ex-Pizza Express chief executive Ian ... Marzano restaurants. Pizza Express also sells its produce ... CAPTION(S): Luke Johnson (centre) and Ian ...

Article: Pizza Express offer extended.(Business)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 5, 2003 ;     494 words ... ... ownership of restaurant chain Pizza Express is hotting up. Venice Bidder ... consortium, involving former Pizza Express chairman Luke Johnson and chief executive Ian Eldridge ... had the support of 14% of Pizza Express shareholders. Mr Johnson ...

Article: Former Pizza Express man the surprise choice for ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  January 28, 2004 ;     289 words ...CHANNEL 4 is set to announce its new chairman as former Pizza Express owner Luke Johnson. Mr Johnson, 42, an entrepreneur who has also owned celebrity restaurant The Ivy, will be the first high-profile appointment ...