Established and Proven
About Wildcat Investments
The story of Wildcat Investments begins in December of 1999. Gregg Majewski, a University of Kentucky graduate and loyal fan of the University’s mascot, founded Wildcat Investments while he was COO/CFO of Jimmy John’s Enterprises, Inc., the franchisor for the Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich franchise. Wildcat owned and operated as many as 25 Jimmy John's franchised restaurant locations with the intention of turning around underperforming locations to be later sold.
With its skilled and dedicated staff of more than 400, Wildcat currently operates 8 Jimmy John’s locations in Ohio and Alabama, and remains one of the largest Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich franchisees. In 2005, Gregg entered the Chicago market with his first original concept, Jerseys Pizza & Grill that he has been operating successfully since. In 2006, he launched his second original concept, Patty Burger. Gregg operated Patty Burger for 5 years until the building in which it was located sold. The new owners made plans to convert the building from commercial office to residential housing, so Gregg had to make plans to relocate the store. On February 12, 2014, Westchester, Ohio (just outside of Cincinnati) became Patty Burger’s new home. Patty Burger is one of the originals in the “better-burger” segment Gregg helped pioneer.
The Team
Gregg Majewski
President
Wildcat Investments, LLC
Gregg is the former CEO/COO/CFO of Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches and founder of Patty Burger and Jerseys Pizza & Grill restaurant concepts.
Gregg’s passion is growing, running and managing restaurants. While at Jimmy John’s he opened over 150 restaurants (80 of them in one year) and had four straight years of double digit same store growth. Gregg is prepared to staff and grow the Wildcat portfolio thru the Wildcat EB-5 Investor Program.
Gregg graduated in 1998 from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Accounting and is a life-long Chicagoland resident.
Tom Straw
Managing Director
Wildcat EB-5 Investor Program™
Tom has 25 years of experience in US commercial banking and US institutional asset management. Tom formed TMS Capital Advisors in 2007 to represent small, boutique investment managers and later formed Fundamental Capital Partners in 2012 to represent entrepreneurial business owners in their pursuit of private equity and venture capital. Prior, Tom worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Golden Tree Asset Management and for the firm now known as Principal Global Investors. Tom began his career in commercial banking as a credit analyst with the commercial lending divisions of The First National Bank of Chicago and Bankers Trust.
Tom graduated in 1988 with a BA in Economics from Creighton University in Omaha, NE and holds FINRA Series 22 and 63 licenses. An Iowa native, Tom is currently a Chicago resident.
Leon Jiang
Student Investor Relations
Wildcat EB-5 Investor Program™
Leon Jiang was most recently a buy-side investment analyst at New China Asset Management, focusing on offshore investment opportunities. Prior to working in asset management, Leon spent 4 years working at Samsung in South Korea and Samsung in Shanghai with the functions of management consulting, marketing and strategic planning.
Leon has served as a portfolio manager to the Kellogg Asset Management Practicum Fund and equity analyst during the academic year of 2013 -2014.
Leon is currently attending Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University for an MBA degree. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Material Chemistry from Peking University in China.
