Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017), also known as Mr. I, was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who served as the founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. He also owned the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.

Feb 15, 2017 · Those who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents,...

Mike Ilitch was a once-in-a-generation entrepreneur and champion for Detroit. He and his wife, Marian, invested their family savings in 1959 to open the first Little Caesars store in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Feb 11, 2017 · From a single storefront in a strip mall, Mike Ilitch built a diverse business empire that would become synonymous with Detroit. The self-made billionaire founder of the Little Caesars chain...

Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017) was an American entrepreneur. He was the founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars. He also owned the sports teams Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Mike Ilitch was a once-in-a-generation entrepreneur and champion for Detroit. He and his wife, Marian, invested their family savings in 1959 to open the first Little Caesars store in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Feb 11, 2017 · DETROIT -- Billionaire businessman Mike Ilitch, who founded the Little Caesars pizza empire before buying the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers, and won praise for keeping the professional...

Feb 13, 2017 · Mike Ilitch, who turned a little pizza shop that he ran with his wife into one of the biggest pizza chains in the country, Little Caesars, died on Friday in a local Detroit hospital. He was 87.

Feb 10, 2017 · Mike Ilitch, a self-made son of immigrants who founded Little Caesars Pizza in a Detroit suburb and also owned baseball’s Tigers and hockey’s Red Wings, building a business, sports and ...

Michael and Marian Ilitch founded Little Caesars Pizza, and the family has been longtime owners of several sports and entertainment franchises in Detroit. Mike was born on July 20, 1929 to Macedonian immigrant parents.