Domino’s names Joe Jordan as next chief executive officer

Domino’s picked Joe Jordan to become chief executive on Oct. 1, putting a longtime internal operator in charge as the chain manages delivery pressure, franchise relations and store-level execution. Jordan will also join the board when he takes over, while Russell Weiner moves to executive chairman designate on Oct. 1 before becoming executive chairman after the 2027 annual shareholder meeting.

The handoff keeps the leadership chain inside Domino’s core group. Jordan joined the company in 2011 as vice president of innovation, later became president of U.S. and Global Services, and was elevated in March 2025 to chief operating officer and president of Domino’s U.S. David Brandon will retire from the board in 2027 after 28 years of service, marking another long-tenured exit from the top.

For restaurant workers, the significance is less about the title and more about what kind of operating culture Jordan carries into the job. A Domino’s executive who has spent years in innovation, marketing, international business and operations is more likely to preserve the company’s existing playbook than to rip it up. That matters in a system where decisions about digital ordering, delivery workflow, store execution and training can quickly turn into tighter staffing models, faster ticket expectations and more pressure on hourly managers to make the numbers work on busy nights.

Domino’s said the board unanimously concluded that Jordan was the right leader for the next phase of growth and that he has earned the trust of franchisees across the system. That franchise base is the real center of gravity: independent franchise owners accounted for 99% of Domino’s stores at the end of fiscal 2025. In a chain that heavily depends on store operators, a CEO with a long franchise relationship is likely to keep focusing on consistency, labor discipline and speed rather than making a dramatic break from the current model.

The company also enters the transition with modest but still positive momentum. In the first quarter of 2026, Domino’s reported global retail sales growth of 3.4%, U.S. same-store sales growth of 0.9%, international same-store sales decline of 0.4% and global net store growth of 180 units. For fiscal 2025, Domino’s said global retail sales topped $20.1 billion, and its system included more than 22,100 locations in over 90 markets worldwide as of Dec. 28, 2025.

That scale is why the succession matters on the floor as much as in the boardroom. Reuters reported that Domino’s lowered its 2026 U.S. same-store-sales outlook after a first-quarter miss, with inflation, weak consumer sentiment and competition weighing on the business. In that environment, Jordan’s promotion signals continuity at a moment when store teams are likely to keep feeling the squeeze from traffic, delivery times and franchisee economics.