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Class I directors whose terms expire at
the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders Age
Director
Since
Steve Ells ..................... Mr.Ells founded Chipotle in 1993. He is Co-Chief
Executive Officer and was appointed Chairman of the
Board in 2005. Prior to launching Chipotle, Mr. Ells
worked for two years at Stars restaurant in San Francisco.
Mr. Ells’s vision—that food served fast doesn’t have to
be low quality and that delicious food doesn’t have to be
expensive—is the foundation on which Chipotle is based.
This visionary thinking has led Chipotle to extraordinary
accomplishments, such as growing from a single
restaurant to over 1,500 in just 20 years and serving more
responsibly-raised meat than any other restaurant
company. This thinking has also resulted in Mr. Ells
remaining a principal driving force behind making our
company innovative and striving for constant
improvement, and he continues to provide important
leadership to our executive officers, management team,
and Board. He is also one of the largest individual
shareholders of our company. Mr. Ells graduated from the
University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
art history, and is also a 1990 Culinary Institute of
America graduate.
48 1996
Patrick J. Flynn ................. Prior to retiring in 2001, Mr. Flynn spent 39 years at
McDonald’s where he held a variety of executive and
management positions, most recently as Executive Vice
President responsible for strategic planning and
acquisitions. From his background as a senior-level
restaurant industry executive, Mr. Flynn developed strong
capabilities in guiding corporate strategy, and tremendous
knowledge of the operational aspects of the restaurant
business as well. In addition, Mr. Flynn’s past experience
as a director of a publicly-held financial institution, and
his background in analyzing financial statements of
businesses he has led and companies he has considered
for acquisition, have given him strong financial analysis
skills.
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