Patrick Doyle's announcement about handing off the chief's job at Domino's is about as close as you can get to a mic drop for a CEO. His settling on the next CEO appears to be part of an effective succession plan with the Domino's board. Surely another successful element of Doyle's exit announcement is that it took outsiders -- and presumably many insiders -- by surprise. 1 pizza company in the world. "Different vendors" of metrics told him so, and Domino's occupation of the industry pinnacle is indisputable at this point, Doyle said.

Source: Forbes January 13, 2018 16:18 UTC