Chief Operating Officer, DAVE & BUSTER'S ENTMT INC
Dave & Buster's COO Tony Wehner describes his journey to COO #shorts
In this exclusive interview, we take you behind the scenes of Dave & Buster's headquarters for an interview with D&B's COO, Tony ...
About Tony Wehner
In a September 2023 interview, Tony Wehner, Chief Operating Officer of Dave & Buster's, discussed his career progression from a busboy to the C-suite of a two billion dollar company. Wehner stated that he began working at age 17 as a busboy at Red Lobster in Orlando, and described falling in love with the energy, teamwork, and hospitality business. He characterized his career path as an "All-American story."
Transcript (4 segments)
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Interviewer0:00
Right now, where the Dave and Buster's corporate headquarters, we're here to meet Tony, the chief operating officer, who went from being a busboy all the way up to the C-suite, a CEO of a two billion dollar company.
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Tony Wehner0:11
You know, it's a funny story. So I was 17, okay, and I was living in Orlando. My friend was working at a restaurant you might have heard of, a small seafood chain called Red Lobster. It's a small one. Yeah, yeah. I started off as a busboy, okay, okay. And I instantly fell in love with the energy, you know, the teamwork that goes into all the stuff that's in my background. Yeah, yeah, or any college athlete, yeah, absolutely. I guess and I fell in love with it and then went into being a server, okay, in the hospitality. And so I just kept falling in love with the business.
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Interviewer0:46
Busboy to C-suite, that's right. Amazing. I love it. Truly an All-American story.
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Tony Wehner0:49
Sometimes we just laugh, we just go, wait, did you believe we're playing games for a living?