Not to mention the guy who started Jimmy John’s …
Liautaud is an avid hunter and fisherman. In an interview in 2015 with the Chicago Tribune, Liautaud said that the largest misconception about him is that people still connect him to photos of him posing with big game from 10 years ago. According to Liautaud, he used to hunt big game in Africa on legally organized safaris, but he no longer does.[7] Starting in 2015, his hunting prompted people to call for a boycott of his business.[60] - Wikipedia
No longer because they are illegal now?
Also, started small, only a 25k loan from his father
25k is nothing though. Getting it from your dad is nice and certainly something not everyone can do, but let’s not pretend this is millionaire territory.
25k loan without any context doesn’t mean anything.
Let’s give it some, 25k in 1983 (when Jimmy Johns begin) has the spending power of 82k in 2026.
So if you think an 82k loan to a 19 year old (Jimmy John Liautaud age in 1983) at a probable 0% interest rate from his own further is nothing. You are disconnected from the vast financial struggles people are experiencing.
Additional fun: according to U.S. census records the median annual income in 1983 was about 25k.
Oh, the irony of having that sign at a corporate workplace staffed by wage slaves.
Not to mention the guy who started Jimmy John’s … Liautaud is an avid hunter and fisherman. In an interview in 2015 with the Chicago Tribune, Liautaud said that the largest misconception about him is that people still connect him to photos of him posing with big game from 10 years ago. According to Liautaud, he used to hunt big game in Africa on legally organized safaris, but he no longer does.[7] Starting in 2015, his hunting prompted people to call for a boycott of his business.[60] - Wikipedia
No longer because they are illegal now? Also, started small, only a 25k loan from his father
25k is nothing though. Getting it from your dad is nice and certainly something not everyone can do, but let’s not pretend this is millionaire territory.
25k loan without any context doesn’t mean anything.
Let’s give it some, 25k in 1983 (when Jimmy Johns begin) has the spending power of 82k in 2026.
So if you think an 82k loan to a 19 year old (Jimmy John Liautaud age in 1983) at a probable 0% interest rate from his own further is nothing. You are disconnected from the vast financial struggles people are experiencing.
Additional fun: according to U.S. census records the median annual income in 1983 was about 25k.