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Wingstop: Antonio Swad. A Brilliant Idea — And a Nail-Biting Exit

2026-04-06 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 18m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Wingstop: Antonio Swad. A Brilliant Idea — And a Nail-Biting …
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A lot of founders spend their lives chasing one big idea. Antonio Swad had two. The first? Migrating chicken wings from the Happy Hour buffet to the center of the plate. The second? Building a pizza business that catered to a very specific demographic: Latinos. That first idea became Wingstop, a dee