Meet the 33-year-old Wall Street wunderkind who is now the CEO of P.F. Chang’s

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For a finance whiz whose professional pedigree includes blue-chip firms like Goldman Sachs and private equity firm Paulson & Co., with little experience in the dining scene—save for a brief stint waiting tables as a teenager—Damola Adamolekun has made big strides in modernizing the Asian inspired casual-dining restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s.

With little experience in the dining scene, this Wall Street whiz modernized casual-dining restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s.

P.F. Chang’s revenue rose 32% to $922 million last year, partly thanks to embracing digital tools like:

- apps
- delivery service
- pick-up orders

What is Adamolekun’s key to success?

“I’m very data-driven,” he said in an interview with Fortune, explaining that his managing is basically a data-based decision-making process.

The complete P.F. Chang’s chain makeover includes:

- dimmer lighting
- ambient music
- removing non-Asian food like mac and cheese from the menu
- adding a subscription program to stoke loyalty

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I haven't been to a P.F. Chang’s in years, but now I feel like going and eating one of their chicken lettuce wraps.