Matt Frauenshuh

Matt Frauenshuh is Chief Executive Officer of Minneapolis-based Fourteen Foods. The company got its start in the Dairy Queen system in 2002 when they opened one of the 5,900+ unit chains first upscale Grill & Chill Restaurants. He started as an assistant manager and worked his way up. As of March, 2011, Fourteen Foods owns and operates 120 DQ’s in seven states and has over 4,000 employees. Fourteen Foods operates on 14 core values that are focused on faith and family and speak about what Frauenshuh personally believes in. He currently sits on the boards of The Salvation Army National Youth Initiative, the Presidential Finance Committee of Concordia University St. Paul, as well as numerous for profit boards of his various business ventures. Frauenshuh is also active within his church and coaches an U12 girls’ hockey team. An avid hockey fan, he played both high school and college hockey in Minnesota.