as nyse eat industry restaurant predecessor chili s grill & bar 1975 76 chili s inc. 1976 91 founded 1991 1991 founder larry lavine chili s grill & bar norman e. brinker brinker international inc. headquarters 6820 lbj freeway dallas texas u.s. 75240 number of locations 1 629 restaurants 2015 1 area served worldwide key people douglas h. brooks chairman wyman t. roberts ceo mohamed abdelnabi director of operations chilis uae oman services foodservice revenue us 2.904746 billion fy 2015 1 operating income us 311.202 million fy 2015 1 net income us 196.694 million fy 2015 1 total assets us 1.435873 billion fy 2015 1 total equity us 78.46 million fy 2015 1 number of employees 60 322 2011 subsidiaries chili s maggiano s little italy website brinker.com footnotes references 2 3 brinker international inc. or simply brinker is an american multinational hospitality industry company that owns chili s and maggiano s little italy restaurant chains . founded in 1975 and based in dallas texas brinker currently owns operates or franchises 1 629 restaurants under the names chili s grill & bar and maggiano s little italy worldwide . 4 1 contents 1 history 2 restaurants 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit norman brinker with mohamed abdelnabi director of operation manger chili s uae oman 1975 larry lavine opens the first chili s grill & bar in dallas texas . 5 1976 the company is renamed chili s inc. . 1983 norman e. brinker takes over chili s inc. and takes the company public . 5 1988 the first romano s macaroni grill opens in leon springs texas . 1991 chili s inc. is renamed brinker international inc. brinker . 1992 brinker reaches an agreement with pac am food concepts to expand the chili s brand to the far east . citation needed 1995 brinker establishes a strategic partnership with lettuce entertain you enterprises . in august the company completed the acquisition of maggiano s. 2000 norman brinker steps down as company chairman . 2005 brinker announces international expansion plans . brinker also sells off the corner bakery cafe concept . 2008 in december brinker sells a majority stake of romano s macaroni grill to mac acquisition llc an affiliate of golden gate capital . 3 2009 norman brinker passes away on june 9 . 2010 in june brinker sells on the border mexican grill & cantina to otb acquisition llc also an affiliate of golden gate capital . 3 2012 in may the supreme court of california issued its much awaited decision in brinker restaurant corp. v. superior court . the brinker decision gave important guidance to employers regarding meal breaks rest periods and class certification . 6 2013 on february 7 2013 brinker announced the election of wyman roberts to its board of directors . roberts currently serves as ceo and president of brinker international and president of chili s grill & bar . roberts brinker tenure includes his role as president of chili s since 2009 . previously roberts also served as brinker s chief marketing officer and president of the maggiano s little italy brand . 4 restaurants edit brinker international owns operates and franchises the chili s grill & bar and maggiano s little italy restaurant concepts . they also have a minority stake in mac acquisition llc ; the owners of romano s macaroni grill as of 2008 . 2 former restaurants that the company has operated include citation needed big bowl asian kitchen corner bakery cafe cozymel s mexican grill eatzi s flyer s island express grady s american grill rockfish seafood grill taco cabana on the border mexican grill & cantina see also edit dallas fort worth portal companies portal food portal darden restaurants dineequity osi restaurant partners references edit a b c d e f g brinker international form 10 k annual report 2015 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved june 12 2016 . a b brinker international inc. june 29 2011 . fy 2011 10 k . u.s. securities and exchange commission . retrieved april 17 2012 . a b c brinker international inc. june 29 2011 . 2011 annual report to shareholders . u.s. securities and exchange commission . retrieved april 17 2012 . a b brinker international form 8 k current report filing date feb 8 2013 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved feb 13 2013 . a b for investors corporate profile . brinker international inc. 2011 . retrieved april 17 2012 . california supreme court issues employer friendly decision on employee breaks and class status . the national law review . much shelist p.c. 2012 06 03 . retrieved 2012 06 04 . external links edit official website brinker international sec filings v t e brinker international inc. holdings chili s grill & bar maggiano s little italy divested big bowl asian kitchen corner bakery cafe cozymel s mexican grill eatzi s on the border mexican grill & cantina rockfish seafood grill romano s macaroni grill taco cabana defunct flyer s island express grady s american grill retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brinker international & oldid 743419150 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in dallascompanies established in 1975hospitality companies of the united statescatering and food service companies of the united statesmultinational companies headquartered in the united states1975 establishments in texashidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2012 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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