Jack Cowin

Jack Cowin
Born (1942-07-13) 13 July 1942 (age 82)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Nationality
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • Executive Chairman
Known forFounder of Hungry Jack's
OfficeChancellor of the University of Western Ontario
Term22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)–23 May 2019 (2019-05-23)
SuccessorLinda Hasenfratz
Board member of
SpouseSharon Cowin
Children4

Jack Cowin (/ˈkaʊɪn/, born 13 July 1942) is a Canadian-Australian businessman and entrepreneur with a long-term involvement in franchised fast food chains in Australia and Canada. Cowin brought KFC to Australia, founded and owns Hungry Jack's, which is the Burger King franchise in Australia,[1] and has at various stages controlled the Domino's Pizza franchise in Australia prior to its 2005 listing on the ASX.

Cowin also has an ownership stake in the Lone Star Texas Grill restaurant chain in Canada, with upstream Australian investments in cattle stations and food processing.[2] Cowin is the Executive Chairman of Competitive Foods Australia, one of Australia's largest privately held businesses.[3] Cowin has also been an investor in Australia's Ten Network, serving as a non-executive director.[2][4]

Cowin served as the Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario from 2015 until 2019.

  1. ^ "Story of a shattered life: A single childhood incident pushed Dawn Crey into a downward spiral | Vancouver Sun". 24 November 2001.
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  3. ^ "Profile: Jack Cowin". Forbes. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CACC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).