The fast-casual, create-your-own sushi restaurant franchise, How Do You Roll, was pitched on Shark Tank in 2013. Yuen Yung and his brother Peter learned the restaurant business from their parents who ran a mom and pop restaurant in Chinatown, New York. After college, the brothers opened the first How Do You Roll restaurant in Austin, Texas. On Shark Tank, they made a deal with Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary — $1 million for 20 percent equity.
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The deal with O’Leary fell through and the Austin restaurant closed, as did two Chicago locations. But there are still two How Do You Roll locations open – in Fort Myers, Florida and North Hollywood, California. How Do You Roll (HDYR) was acquired by a private restaurant group in June 2015. Yuen Yung is now CEO of Casoro Capital, a real estate investment firm in the Southwest.
