The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
A restaurant company running one of America's most recognizable dining chains, The Cheesecake Factory, alongside North Italia, Flower Child, and other brands, with a bakery division that sells its famous cheesecakes to stores and clubs. It grew from a cheesecake recipe Evelyn Overton found in a Detroit newspaper in the 1940s; her son David opened the first Beverly Hills restaurant in 1978 to showcase her desserts, which he called "the Cadillac of cheesecakes." Founder David was a professional drummer before he turned to restaurants.