Oct 30, 2018
I had the pleasure to sit down with Christopher Bollenbach, Partner and CEO of Bottega Louie Restaurant, Gourmet Market & Patisserie @bottegalouie, www.bottegalouie.com.
Chris and his brother Keat created found the restaurant in 2007 in downtown Los Angeles at the corner of 7th and Grand. The restaurant was a success from day one.
Chris built the early part of his career in finance, first working at a saving bank in Utah at the age of 20 before moving onto Wall Street in 1990. All told he spent 25 years in finance and banking at UBS, PaineWebber, Merrill Lynch and Citi Smith Barney. Along with his financial services experience Chris has also served in a variety of executive management and directorship positions in agriculture, real estate development, tech and hospitality.
Chris opens up about the story behind Bottega Louie. He talks about leadership in the work place, challenges running a restaurant, and why rock N roll and finance are a good mix.
This is a really fun interview, lots of good stuff. Please enjoy, and as always thank you for listening.