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Haven’t heard of Greg Brenneman but will look into it. I’m not trying to imply that all turnarounds are successful so I’m not ignoring risks here - mainly betting on the fact that Jack has been around since the 1950’s and does have its loyal customer base. King went to Taco Bell when it was already doing well so your right in that he didn’t “fix anything”, he simply inherited something that was doing well prior to him being there, but he did turn around Adidas North American business when it was a crap house back in the day and really improved its market share.
He also started a company which I think was sold to Adidas.
With that said, King won’t be the CEO for long, Taylor Montgomery will take over (currently president) and he was previously CMO at Taco Bell much longer than when King started there. King will stay as chairman once he takes over as CEO.

**Source:** [https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-foundation-strengthens-roster-with-new-appointments-in-institutional-growth-and-payments](https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-foundation-strengthens-roster-with-new-appointments-in-institutional-growth-and-payments)
**Rachel Conlan joins as Chief Strategy Officer, Jamal Raess as General Manager of Payments**
The Solana Foundation is bolstering its ranks with new talent, appointing Rachel Conlan as Chief Strategy Officer and Jamal Raess as General Manager of Payments.
Drawing on their experience and expertise, Conlan and Raess will help guide Solana’s growth trajectory as the network affirms its position as an institutional powerhouse, while expanding its thriving global payments network.
The appointments come as Solana’s economic activity hits breakout velocity, drawing TradFi titans like MoneyGram and Western Union into its onchain orbit.
# Solana Foundation Doubles Down on Growth
With Solana gaining considerable traction across both TradFi and DeFi economies, the Solana Foundation is strengthening its lineup to help drive growth and adoption. After a three-year stint at Binance as the Global CMO of crypto’s biggest exchange, Rachel Conlan joins the Solana Foundation as Chief of Strategy. 
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Conlan will help position Solana as crypto’s leading venue for onchain economic activity, focusing on institutional partnerships, ecosystem growth, and GTM for both businesses and users.
>*“What brought me to Solana was the ambition of the builders and how much is already being put to use. The opportunity now is to bring that to a much wider audience. That means making the value clear, building the right institutional relationships and helping businesses move from interest to implementation.”* \- Rachel Conlan, Chief Strategy Officer, Solana Foundation
Meanwhile, Jamal Raess will lead Solana’s push to become the industry’s leading payments provider. Drawing on his experience and expertise from previous roles at Polygon Labs, Bridge, and Wyre, Raess will collaborate with payment firms and enterprises to showcase Solana’s capacity as a global-scale payments platform.
>*“Payments are one of the clearest areas where blockchain infrastructure is moving from promise to production. Solana has the performance, reliability and developer ecosystem to support payments at global scale. Solana has moved beyond crypto into technology for finance, and I’m eager to bring Solana to enterprises and payment companies around the world."* \- Jamal Raees, GM Payments, Solana Foundation
The Foundation’s most recent appointments come as the network affirms its position as crypto’s leading venue for mass tokenization on truly decentralized rails.

Many of the replies are “I did this, we are doing that” so I’ll try to address the question OP asked; in my opinion.
Getting wealthy by getting up in the morning and heading to see patients, in any setting, is not going to happen. Docs make a comfortable living and most invest in traditional ways (think real estate, stock market, life insurance etc) but is not real wealth. And when you consider hours working, holidays and nights, the responsibility of people health and so on, the compensation is low per effort and qualifications.
How do you get wealthy from scratch - by being an entrepreneur. For those that have that (wealth) desire, MD qualifications and profession should not be the end, but the ticket to a plethora of opportunities, funding, loopholes, and other opportunities that most do not know or qualify for.
Inventing and licensing a technology or treatment that is very attractive to VC or industry giants can mean instant wealth. Becoming a very high level medical executive in the tech or pharma industry (think CMO) comes with comp packages that amass to tens of millions a year. Networking with the right patients (clients) can open the door to “privileged” investments and pre-public deals, as well as partial ownership opportunities into sports teams and other entertainment honey holes.
I can go on and on - you get the picture.
A bit about your big houses experience in mid-america and the small business owners. This country is roughly split in half when it comes to money (lets exclude the mid class and below that work to eat, pay mortgage and bills, watch netflix, and maybe go in a cheap cruise or a family Disney trip - thats just keeping the economy going for the wealthy). The upper crust is generally speaking old money and new money.
New money is more prevalent in/around big cities where entrepreneurial opportunities (think make money fast) are prevalent and most dont care what you look like or who your grandpa was.

Man, I honestly can't wrap my head around why nobody is talking about Jack in the Box right now.
If you bring up $JACK to most people, they just shrug and assume it’s another tired fast-food chain stuck in a rut. But if you actually dig into what’s going on under the hood , the leadership change, the financials, and how stupidly cheap the stock is , it feels like we're watching a massive disconnect between Wall Street and reality.
Seriously, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills looking at this setup. Here is why I think this thing is a coiled spring.
**The Sales Slump is Over (Look at the Numbers)**
Everyone loves to complain about how bad Jack's sales were over the last couple of years, and sure, it wasn't pretty for a minute. But people are completely ignoring the actual trend. Look at the system-wide same-store sales over the last 6 quarters:
Q3 Fiscal 2026: -1.1%
Q2 Fiscal 2026: -3.8%
Q1 Fiscal 2026: -6.7%
Q4 Fiscal 2025: -7.4%
Q3 Fiscal 2025: -7.1%
Q2 Fiscal 2025: -4.4%
Look at that trajectory! We hit rock bottom at -7.4% and have steadily climbed all the way back to basically flat (-1.1%). Plus, **on the latest earnings call, management said that Q4 so far has crossed back into positive SSS territory.**
**Taco Bell Royalty is Running the Show**
You can't talk about a turnaround without looking at who's steering the ship, and Jack went out and poached absolute heavyweights. Mark King , the guy who kept Taco Bell thriving all through COVID , is the Chairman and CRO. Now, Taylor Montgomery (who was the CMO over at Taco Bell) is stepping up as President and working directly alongside King and will be CEO within 12 months with King staying as Chairman.
**They brought that exact same playbook over:**
high-energy marketing, leaning into culture, and making the brand actually fun again. Case in point: have you seen the recent Simpsons campaign? It’s awesome. If you want proof that it's working, just go lurk on the Jack in the Box Reddit for five minutes. Regular customers are actually pumped about the ads and the food right now. The vibe has totally shifted.
**The Math Makes Zero Sense (In a Good Way)**
This is the part that blows my mind the most.
The Earnings & Cash Flow: The company just printed a solid $1.08 EPS for the quarter and is actively chipping away at its debt.
The Franchise Model: Because the system is about 93% franchised, corporate mostly just collects royalty checks off the top line. That means they don't get completely hammered by crazy beef and food inflation the way corporate-owned chains do. Free cash flow is looking great
The Valuation: Annualize the EPS at around $4.00, and you get a trailing P/E ratio of roughly 3.5. Read that again. Three point five. Normal fast-food stocks (QSRs) usually trade at an 18 to 22 multiple.
Oh, and Biglari is just chilling in the background owning nearly 10% of the company, acting as an activist catalyst to make sure value gets unlocked.
What's the Catch?
**Wall Street is pricing this thing like it's headed for Chapter 11, completely ignoring that elite operators are fixing the business, sales are roughly back even with Q4 signalling that SSS might be positive.**