"I didn't start selling pizzas to get rich... I started because I was hungry, literally."

My childhood was difficult. I lost my dad when I was 4 years old and ended up in an orphanage. As a teenager, I slept on the floor, ate when I could, and worked at anything that came up. I dreamed of being an architect... but I couldn't afford college. So, with a loan and my brother, we bought a small pizzeria: DomiNick's. The idea was simple: sell good pizza and survive.

But my brother left shortly after and left me with the debt. I spent years broke, sleeping in the store, unable to pay even the employees. I had to hand over my own car as part of the payment. I even delivered pizzas on a bicycle in the rain! But I never closed. I knew that if I managed to make fast and hot deliveries... I had a chance.

And it worked. I changed the name to Domino's Pizza and created a delivery system in under 30 minutes. The company grew, yes, but my mental health did not. I became obsessed with work, lost relationships, had to sell parts of everything to avoid collapsing. But I reinvented myself. Today Domino's is in over 90 countries... and I learned that success is not about getting far: it's about staying standing when you thought you were going to give up.

"You can start by selling pizza... but if you put your soul into every box, you end up delivering hope in every slice."

Tom Monaghan (Founder of Domino's Pizza)