Isaac Tigrett

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Isaac Tigrett (born 1947) is a native of Jackson, Tennessee. He belonged to a well-to-do business family. He was raised in Tennessee until the age of fifteen.

On June 14, 1971 he and Peter Morton started the first Hard Rock Café (HRC) restaurant in London's fashionable Mayfair district. The restaurant combined rock music, memorabilia related to rock 'n'; roll and American cuisine. The cafe-music-museum concept became very popular and soon the restaurant opened units in different parts of the globe. HRC was the first theme restaurant chain in the world.

In 1988, Tigrett exited from the HRC venture, and in 1992, started the House of Blues Entertainment Inc with partner and designer James Cafarelli. (HOB). This was a company engaged in the dining and entertainment business. HOB, which started its operations on Thanksgiving Day by feeding the homeless, encouraged racial and spiritual harmony, and brought the neglected Blues culture into the mainstream. Differences of opinion between Tigrett and the other HOB board members over operations resulted in Tigrett leaving the venture in 1997.

In the late 1990s, Tigrett launched The Spirit Channel, an enterprise offering services related to spirituality and health through the Internet, traditional media and physical locations. The venture failed to take off. In 2004, Tigrett launched yet another new venture, the Bozo Project, focusing on the restaurant business.

Tigrett was influenced by his spiritual guide, Sri Sathya Sai Baba.[1] Though many criticized Tigrett's entrepreneurial style, even his competitors appreciated the way he introduced spirituality into the workplace. "Isaac is a creative genius, and he has worked very hard to do what he has done," said Brain Daneman, Executive Vice President and COO of the Motown Café.

In 1989 Tigrett married Maureen Cox Starkey, the ex-wife of Beatle drummer Ringo Starr. She died of Leukemia in 1994.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Andrew Buncombe, The Independent, Hard Rock Cafe: The tribe that bought a billion dollar business, December 12 2006, Available online

[edit] External links

  • Personal page Personal Page of Isaac Tigrett
  • [1] Isaac Tigrett Speaks about Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba - 1
  • [2] Isaac Tigrett Speaks about Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba - 2
  • [3] Management/Business Case Study on the Spiritual Leadership and Servant Leadership followed by Isaac Tigrett
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