bh industry conglomerate headquarters san antonio texas united states key people sardar biglari founder subsidiaries steak n shake western sizzlin maxim first guard insurance website www.biglariholdings.com biglari holdings inc. is an american holding company headquartered in san antonio texas founded by entrepreneur sardar biglari . its major subsidiaries include steak n shake maxim magazine first guard insurance and western sizzlin . contents 1 steak n shake 2 maxim 3 first guard insurance 4 references 5 external links steak n shake edit in august 2008 biglari took over steak n shake which had been losing more than 100 000 a day . biglari turned the company around from near insolvency to one making more than 100 000 a day . 1 by 2015 the company had attained 24 consecutive quarters of same store sales increases under biglari . 2 maxim edit on february 27 2014 maxim magazine was bought by biglari who commented we plan to build the business on multiple dimensions thereby energizing our readership and viewership . . 3 in january 2016 biglari officially took over as editor in chief of maxim though a maxim staffer said that the new masthead title just formalizes what has always been clear biglari exercises full editorial control over maxim . at one point last year the staffer said he decided to throw out a nearly complete version of the december issue in order to completely redesign the magazine . 4 on january 13 2016 gilles bensimon joined biglari as a special creative director . what drew me to maxim was sardar s vision for the brand said bensimon . 5 first guard insurance edit on march 19 2014 biglari purchased first guard insurance company . first guard founder and ceo ed campbell said i couldn t imagine a better more fitting owner of first guard . . 6 references edit https www.qsrmagazine.com executive insights who sardar biglari 0 http www.prnewswire.com news releases steak n shake achieves 24th consecutive quarter of same store sales growth 300053439.html http www.expressnews.com business business columnists greg jefferson article biglari s maxim purchase is a classic 5298580.php http www.capitalnewyork.com article media 2016 01 8586909 maxim name owner sardar biglari editor chief http wwd.com media news fashion memopad maxim names gilles bensimon as special creative advisor sardar bilgari 10313209 http www.prnewswire.com news releases biglari holdings inc acquires first guard insurance company 251047701.html external links edit official website v t e biglari holdings sardar biglari first guard insurance steak n shake maxim magazine western sizzlin this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title biglari holdings & oldid 729085767 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeconglomerate companies of the united statesholding companies of the united statescompanies based in texasunited states restaurant stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 july 2016 at 19 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view