Craig Miller is an American businessperson and the former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

of Uno Pizzeria & Grill and

Ruth's Chris Steak House Ruth's Chris Steak House is a chain of over 100 steakhouses across the United States, Canada and Mexico. On May 22, 2008, the company underwent rebranding and became part of Ruth's Hospitality Group after its acquisition of Mitchell's Fish Mar ...

. He ran several political campaigns between 2010 and 2012.

Education

Miller graduated from Rockledge High School in 1967. He holds a business degree from the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in unincorporated area, unincorporated Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida. ...

Career

Miller served in the Air Force as a pilot. In 1984, Miller joined Pizzeria Uno and became president of the company in 1986. In 1996, Miller became CEO of Uno Restaurant Corp. Miller left Uno in 2001 and joined Furr's restaurant group. In 2004, he became CEO of

. Miller was fired from Ruth's Chris in 2008 when the company was struggling financially. In 2010, Miller ran in the Republican primary for an Orlando-area congressional seat in the 2010 U.S. House of Representatives election. In July 2011, Miller announced his candidacy in the 2012 U.S. Senate elections to replace

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. During his campaign, he endorsed

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, and was endorsed as a candidate by Cain. Miller later dropped his senatorial campaign and announced his intention to run for a congressional seat.

References

External links

Miller's 2012 Senate Campaign website
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