Joe Rogers Jr.


Joe Rogers Jr. is an American businessman, and the chairman and former CEO of Waffle House, a franchise restaurant chain co-founded by his father Joe Rogers Sr.

Early life

He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, the eldest of four children of Joe Rogers Sr. and his wife, Ruth Jolley Rogers.

Career

In 1973, Rogers was appointed CEO of Waffle House. He was succeeded in 2012 by Walter G. Ehmer.
Rogers is the chairman of Waffle House.

Personal life

In 2006, Rogers married Fran Maynard.
As of 2018, Rogers is involved in a sex tape case with a former housekeeper, and is counter-suing the defendant's lawyers.