Education
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and later received a master"s degree in business administration from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and later received a master"s degree in business administration from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
He is known for starting a chain of American-style restaurants in London in the 1970s, starting with The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory. Payton was born in Miami, Florida. Sent to England by J. Walter Thompson to promote Kraft products he decided to stay.
He opened several successful fast food outlets such as Chicago Pizza Pie Factories and a series of themed restaurants such as Rib Shacks, Chicago Meatpackers and Henry J. Bean"son
In 1988 he bought Stapleford Park, a large Leicestershire country house, and converted it into an hotel. He died, age 50, in an automobile accident near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.