Fried chicken rules the roost at this restaurant company. Morgan's Foods is a leading operator of fast food restaurants franchised from YUM! Brands, with nearly 100 locations in six states. Most of the company's estate, more than 70 restaurants, consists of KFC fried chicken outlets. Morgan's Foods also operates Taco Bell units and about 20 co-branded locations that combine two YUM! concepts (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and A&W) in one building. Most of the company's eateries are located in Pennsylvania. Chairman and CEO Leonard Stein-Sapir owns more than 25% of the company.

You might say this company is angling for hungry customers from the pool of seafood fans. Rockfish Seafood Grill operates about 15 rustic-themed seafood restaurants mostly in the Dallas and Houston areas. The small chain's menu offers a wide variety of seafood selections and features specialty appetizers and signature entrees. For meat-eating customers, the restaurants offer beef and chicken options. Randy DeWitt and his wife, Michele opened the first Rockfish location in 1998. CEO Henry Leonard and Dallas restaurant investor Ray Washburne control the company with backing from a group of private equity firms.

Butterfly Life wants every woman to fly twice as high. The company is a women's fitness franchise that combines fitness with nutrition, psychology, and fashion counseling. Its fitness facilities combine standard workout and nutritional services with Life Vision, its proprietary fitness seminar and lecture video programming that the company plays in its facilities and sells on DVD and VHS. The company's franchised fitness centers are located throughout the US. Butterfly Life was founded in 2004 by CEO Mark Golob, chairman Thomas Gergley, and Mark Mastrov, former CEO of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide.

The California State Lottery Commission operates several games of chance offering big prizes while collecting money for the state's education budget. Players can choose from scratch tickets and daily numbers games, as well as the twice-weekly SuperLOTTO jackpot game. In addition, the California State Lottery produces a weekly TV show called The Big Spin offering more ways for contestants to win prizes. California also participates in the multi-state Mega Millions game. Created in 1985, the lottery contributes at least 34% of its proceeds to cover public education costs.

Loch Fyne patrons have some watery delights in store for them. Loch Fyne Restaurants owns and operates more than 35 casual dining seafood restaurants throughout the UK. Known for their upscale interior appointments, the eateries specialize in contemporary seafood recipes and offer an extensive wine list. Loch Fyne Restaurants was formed in 1998 to operate the restaurants and Loch Fyne Oysters, an oyster supply business started in 1977 by John Noble and Andy Lane (sold to in 2003). Pub operator Greene King acquired the restaurant business in 2007 from private equity firm Hutton Collins.

Founded in 1878, Everton Football Club pre-dates neighboring clubLiverpool FC but now must follow in its world-famous rival's successful footsteps. Playing in the Premier League, the English football club has had its share of ups and downs but still commands a loyal legion of fanz. Payments from Premiership broadcasting rights, along with money generated during game days by ticket and match program sales, account for most of the club's revenues. Chairman Bill Kenwright has a 25% stake in the team; Planet Hollywood founder and CEO Robert Earl owns about 20%.

Morton's Restaurant Group offers eateries with an aura the Rat Pack would have loved. The company owns and operates about 75 upscale Morton's The Steakhouse locations that serve steak, lobster, and veal in an upscale setting featuring dark wood interiors and background music by Sinatra. In addition to fine food, the chain is well-known for offering an extensive wine list and providing quality service. The restaurants are found in about 25 states and a handful of international markets. Morton's also operates an upscale Italian restaurant concept called Trevi within the Caesars Palace resort complex in Las Vegas. Investment firm Castle Harlan owns almost 30% of the company.

Catalina Restaurant Group is pretty casual about dining. The company operates and franchises more than 200 casual-dining restaurants under the Carrows and Coco's names. Its Carrows Restaurant chain offers family dining fare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at about 90 locations. Several of the eateries are open 24 hours a day. Coco's Bakery Restaurants feature fresh-baked goods, burgers, sandwiches, and breakfast items at 110 locations. Most of Catalina Restaurant Group's properties are found in California with additional locations in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. Formed in 2002, the company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Zensho Co.

EIH Ltd. was founded in 1934 by former chairman Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi, who died in 2002 at the age of 103. Asian elegance is the key to running hotels, if you ask EIH (better known as The Oberoi Group). EIH company owns and operates about 30 hotels and luxury cruisers in five countries under the Oberoi Hotels & Resorts and Trident brands. The Oberoi Group operates primarily in India, but also has hotels in Egypt, Indonesia, Mauritius, and Saudi Arabia. In addition, The Oberoi Group operates luxury cruises of the Nile River and India's Kerala region.

Ian Schrager -- co-founder of the famed Studio 54 in the late 1970s, who became a hipster hotelier in the 1990s -- gives his idea of modern luxury living a permanent address. The Ian Schrager Company owns, develops, and operates a hotel (Gramercy Park Hotel) and two residential properties (50 Gramercy Park North and 40 Bond) in New York City. In addition, the company's Edition brand of boutique hotel properties was created in partnership with hotel giant Marriott. Ian Schrager Company was founded in 2005 after Schrager left Morgans Hotel Group.

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