Norman Brinker AKA Norman Eugene Brinker Born: 3-Jun-1931 Birthplace: Denver, CO Died: 9-Jun-2009 Location of death: Colorado Springs, CO Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States Executive summary: CEO of Brinker International, 1983-95 Military service: US Navy (1952-54?) Grew up in Roswell, NM. Member of the 1952 US Olympic equestrian team. Suffered a collapsed lung following a polo accident in 1978. Nearly died from brain injuries sustained during a polo accident in January 1993. Mother: Kathryn Wife: Maureen Connolly Brinker (tennis player, d. 1969 ovarian cancer, two daughters) Daughter: Cindy Brinker Simmons (b. 1957) Daughter: Brenda Brinker Bottum (b. 1959) Wife: Margrit Fendt (m. 7-Mar-1971, div. 1976, one daughter, one son) Daughter: Christina Son: Mark Wife: Nancy Goodman Brinker (breast cancer activist, m. 14-Feb-1983, div. 2000, one son) Son: Eric Blake Leitstein Wife: Toni Chapman (m. 2003)
High School: New Mexico Military Institute University: BA Marketing, San Diego State University (1957)
Brinker International CEO (1983-95)
Chili's
Pillsbury Chairman, Pillsbury Restaurant Group (1982-83)
Pillsbury EVP (1976-82)
Steak and Ale Founder, CEO (1966-76)
Jack in the Box General Partner (1962-66)
Member of the Board of Brinker International (as Chairman, 1983-2000)
Member of the Board of Pillsbury (1976-83)
Bush-Cheney 2000 Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign America Inc. Employment Policies Institute Dallas Symphony Orchestra Board member (former) Dallas Museum of Art Board member (former) Dreier for Congress Committee Elizabeth Dole Committee Free and Strong America PAC FreedomWorks Friends of Dick Lugar Friends of George Allen Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee George W. Bush for President Grow PAC John McCain 2008 Kay Bailey Hutchison for Senate McCain for Senate '98 McCain-Palin Compliance Fund McCain-Palin Victory 2008 National Republican Congressional Committee National Republican Senatorial Committee Romney for President Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee Solutions America PAC Tom Delay Congressional Committee Polo Hall of Fame 1999
Hip Replacement Surgery (1994) Coma (1993, two weeks) Risk Factors: Throat Cancer
Author of books:
On the Brink: The Life and Leadership of Norman Brinker (1995, memoir)
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