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title: "This Franchisee Owns 112 Restaurants and Gives Ownership Stakes to His Staff: ‘It Helps Them Know It’s a Team’"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/13342a00-5257-444c-9b10-0b95a32143c2
source: "Entrepreneur Franchise"
original_url: https://www.entrepreneur.com/buying-a-franchise/this-franchisee-owns-112-restaurants-and-gives-ownership-stakes-to-his-staff
author: "Jonathan Small"
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2026-07-31T15:30:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:16:41.089Z
image: https://www.entrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/papa-johns-pizza-0726-g-1231340600.jpg
---

# This Franchisee Owns 112 Restaurants and Gives Ownership Stakes to His Staff: ‘It Helps Them Know It’s a Team’

**TL;DR:** Wade Oney, a multi-unit operator, owns 112 restaurants across three brands and offers ownership stakes to key leadership personnel. His franchise group, Bam-Bam Pizza Inc., generates $160 million in annual revenue.

*By Jonathan Small, originally published in Entrepreneur Franchise on 2026-07-31. [Read the original](https://www.entrepreneur.com/buying-a-franchise/this-franchisee-owns-112-restaurants-and-gives-ownership-stakes-to-his-staff).*

## Story

Wade Oney started as a Domino’s store assistant in 1981. Today he owns 112 restaurants across three brands, including 96 Papa Johns locations, and he’s letting his employees in on the big picture success. Bam-Bam Pizza Inc., his franchise group, generates $160 million in annual revenue, Franchising.com reports.

Oney spent over a decade climbing the ranks at Domino’s before Papa Johns lured him away to help grow the then-emerging brand, eventually making him COO. He stepped down in 2000 to focus on being a franchisee full time, scaling from 35 stores to 96 today.

His signature program is letting managers, supervisors and executives buy minority stakes in the restaurants they run. About a third to half of his leadership team now owns a piece of the business. “It helps them know it is a team and a career and not just a job,” Oney said. “That is a pretty cool thing that has happened, and our people love it.”

## Entities

- Entrepreneur (publication)
- Multi-Unit (sector)
- Domino's (company)
- Papa Johns (company)
- multi-unit ownership (topic)
- franchise management (topic)
- Jonathan Small (person)
- Wade Oney (person)
- Bam-Bam Pizza Inc. (company)
- staff ownership stakes (topic)

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Originally reported by Jonathan Small, Entrepreneur Franchise (https://www.entrepreneur.com/buying-a-franchise/this-franchisee-owns-112-restaurants-and-gives-ownership-stakes-to-his-staff). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/13342a00-5257-444c-9b10-0b95a32143c2).