Tim Tassopoulos is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc. He began his career as a restaurant team member 45 years ago. Shortly after joining the Support Center staff as a Business Consultant in the early 1980s, Tim took on the primary responsibility to help solve one of the company’s greatest business challenges – evolving Chick-fil-A restaurants from a mall concept into free-standing locations. Since that time, Tim has served as Director of Field Operations, Vice President of Operations, Senior Vice President of Operations, and Executive Vice President of Operations. In 2016, Tim was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer and currently leads the company’s senior leadership team, the Executive Committee.
Tim graduated from Oglethorpe University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science and holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from Georgetown University, Class of 1983. Passionate about youth and education, Tim is a member of several academic and youth development boards. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Oglethorpe University, The Westminster Schools, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, and the Tull Charitable Foundation. He is a former member of the Board of Advisors at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Board of Trustees for Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and also of the Advisory Board of the Atlanta Area Council for the Boy Scouts of America.
Tim is a native of Atlanta. He is married to Maria and has two sons, Luke and Nicholas.