Company: SZZL
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001013762-25-002824
Chunk: 17

Company: Sizzle Acquisition Corp. II
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 17
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, retained key leaders throughout the company and established trusted relationships with its public shareholders. Over the ensuing years, revenues, profits and market capitalization steadily increased through a combination of organic growth of existing brands and acquisition and license of other brands both domestically and internationally. Mr. Karson and his team regularly evaluated multiple acquisition opportunities to add to its portfolio of brands. As a result of these efforts, shareholder equity increased and Mr. Karson was named to the list of the “Top 10 Best Retail CEOs in America” in 2009 by HVS and the company was named “Company of the Year” by Footwear News in two separate years. From August 2015 to September 2017, Mr. Karson served as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Original Soupman where he increased annual revenues by establishing distribution in key supermarket chains around the country, including Kroger, Publix, ShopRite, Wegmans, Stop & Shop, and Costco. Original Soupman lacked sufficient capital to meet demand and ultimately filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code in June 2017, which resulted in a sale of the assets of the company to an investor group as part of the formal bankruptcy auction process in October 2017. Mr. Karson left the company after the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale was completed in October 2017. Thereafter, the Chapter 11 case was converted into a Chapter 7. Mr.Karson was named as a defendant in litigation regarding disclosures made by Original Soupman and regarding Original Soupman’s internal controls. Mr. Karson also purchased the southern Connecticut territory for Pinkberry through his personal investment entity, Thinkpink LLC. He funded and built a number of units and then sold the company to the private -equityowned franchisor. He has served as an advisor to Grey Mountain Partners, a private equity firm, and to Blackstone Credit, formerly known as GSO Capital, a credit fund owned by Blackstone. He began his career as a lawyer at the New York Citylaw firm of Shea & Gould. Our Head of Business and Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer is Daniel Lee. Mr.Lee also served as Head of Business and Corporate Development of Sizzle I from its inception in October 2020 and the Chief Financial Officer of Sizzle I from January 2024, in each case until its initial business combination in February 2024. Since May 2018, Mr. Lee has served as SVP of Business Development at Salis Holdings LLC,