Company: SZZL
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001013762-25-002824
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Company: Sizzle Acquisition Corp. II
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: S-1/A
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 over the next few years scaled highly productive units in multiple markets. As CEO, he assembled successful leadership teams, implemented business and personnel evaluation tools and communicated on a regular basis with the investment community. All of this resulted in the business attracting capital from institutional investors. Mr.Salis sold his equity position in 2019. Prior to co -founding&pizza, Mr. Salis nurtured his entrepreneurial spirit in New York City where he worked in the restaurant and hospitality space learning the business from the ground up. There he learned how to evaluate key operating metrics for restaurant and hospitality companies and used those skills to buy and sell restaurants and bars. Our Non -ExecutiveVice -Chairmanis Jamie Karson, who served as Non -ExecutiveVice -Chairmanof Sizzle I, and has served as Executive Chairman of Salis since June 2018, where he and Mr. Salis work closely together. Previously Mr. Karson served as Chairman and CEO of Steve Madden, Ltd., which is an international footwear and apparel wholesaler and retailer with a $3billion market cap. Mr. Karson joined Steve Madden at a time when the company was in turmoil. During Mr. Karson’s initial years as CEO, he stabilized the company and its stock price, 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