Betting on Bob

Like many entrepreneurs who have created business empires, Outback Steakhouse co-founder Bob Basham is seeking a repeat performance, this time with his newest startup, PDQ.

Twenty-five years after co-founding Outback, now called Bloomin' Brands with annual sales of more than $4 billion, Basham is out to conquer the fast-casual segment with restaurants that serve fresh (never frozen) chicken tenders, hand-cut fries and home-spun milkshakes.

On the way, he says he hopes to make PDQ's top managers into millionaires like he and his partners did at Outback.