CFO-turned-CEO Scott Drake maps Chuck E. Cheese's next act: new HQ, tech reboot, fresh concepts
Newly elevated CEC Entertainment chief Scott Drake is steering Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza through a technology overhaul and new-format growth bets, while bracing for a longer-term demographic squeeze as US population growth slows.
Scott Drake, recently promoted from CFO to CEO of CEC Entertainment (Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza), discusses the company's new HQ, technology overhaul, growth via new concepts, and longer-term headwinds including a slowing population.