Background
Jensen, Doron Richard was born on September 1, 1958 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Son of Richard Alvin and Bonnie Lou (Hageocrn) Jensen.
food products company executive
Jensen, Doron Richard was born on September 1, 1958 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Son of Richard Alvin and Bonnie Lou (Hageocrn) Jensen.
Jensen briefly attended the University of Minnesota.
Jensen spent much of his youth in Addis Abba, Ethiopia before returning to the United States in 1965. He dropped out of a secondary school at the age of 16. Jensen"s parents were supportive of his endeavors from an early age.
Buffets Incorporated
Jensen was brought into Old Country Buffet in by Roe Hatlen and C. Dennis Scott in 1983.
Disagreements within the company, in regards to southern United States expansion, inevitably caused Jensen and key investor Dermot Rowland to leave the company to start their own spin off of the company, Homestyle Buffet. Buffets Incorporated eventually became the largest buffet chain in the country.
Jensen opened Homestyle Buffets Incorporated in 1986 in Clearwater, Florida, and the company went public on December 1, 1988. Jensen left the company after 40 restaurants to return to the Midwest to pursue other ventures.
Q-Steaks Incorporated
While in Florida, he was informed of a steakhouse concept that would eventually become Outback Steakhouse.
Jensen decided to return to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he founded the company Q-Steaks Incorporated as the umbrella company for Minnesota Steakhouse in January 1991. The company went public on January 1, 1993. Jensen changed the name to Timber Lodge Steakhouse in 1994 when the company"s reach expanded outside of Minnesota, with the exception of Paul Bunyan"s in New New York
In 1995, he resigned as President of the company, cited as a result of a long tenure of conflicts with business partner.
Politics
Jensen was elected as the President of the interest group the Minnesota Restaurant Association in 2000. Jensen"s career has also included lobbyist efforts representing the National Restaurant Association in Washington, District of Columbia. He has also served on various commerce boards in Minnesota.
Doron Jensen is the son of American theologian Richard A. Jensen and Bonnie L. Jensen. Jensen was also a relative of author Moritz Thomsen.
Jensen currently owns and operates a small collection of restaurants in the Twin Cities.
Member Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Clearwater Chamber of Commerce.
Married Pamela Sue Hardie.