Hospitality Insiders: Nadeem Bajwa’s Journey From Pizza Delivery to Franchise Empire

This episode of Hospitality Hangout introduces Hospitality Insiders, a special segment built for deeper operator-to-operator conversations about ownership, capital, structure, people, and what it really costs to own the thing. For this Hospitality Insiders conversation, Jimmy Frischling sits down with Nadeem Bajwa, co-founder and CEO of Bajco Group, one of the largest Papa Johns franchise operators in North America. Nadeem’s story is often told as an American dream story: he came to the United States from Pakistan in 1991, washed dishes, delivered pizzas, and eventually grew into one of the largest Papa Johns franchisees in the system. But this conversation goes deeper than the origin story. Episode Credits:Produced by: Branded Hospitality MediaHosted by: Michael Schatzberg, Jimmy FrischlingProducer: Julie ZuckerCreative Director: Adam LevineShow Runner: Drewe RaimiPost Production: Three Cheers Creativewww.thehospitalityhangout.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.