Jack Cowin

Jack Cowin
Jack Cowin
Born	13 July 1942; Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian; Australian;
Alma mater	University of Western Ontario
Occupations	Entrepreneur; Executive Chairman;
Known for	Founder of Hungry Jack's
Office	Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario
Term	22 October 2015–23 May 2019
Successor	Linda Hasenfratz
Board member of	Competitive Foods Australia; Consolidated Foods; Domino’s Pizza Enterprises; BridgeClimb Sydney;
Spouse	Sharon Cowin
Children	4

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, 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. Cowin is the Executive Chairman of Competitive Foods Australia, one of Australia's largest privately held businesses. Cowin has also been an investor in Australia's Ten Network, serving as a non-executive director.

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

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