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Thomas Stephen "Tom" Monaghan (born March 25, 1937) is an American entrepreneur〔http://www.giantsforgod.com/tom-monaghan-dominos-pizza/〕〔http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197674〕〔http://franchises.about.com/od/mostpopularfranchises/a/Tom-Monaghan-Biography.htm〕〔http://biography.yourdictionary.com/tom-monaghan〕 who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960. He owned the Detroit Tigers from 1983 to 1992. Monaghan is Roman Catholic and sold Domino's in 1998 and subsequently dedicated his time and considerable fortune to Catholic causes. A champion of the pro-life movement and other conservative causes, Monaghan has spent hundreds of millions of dollars promoting them. He and his wife, Marjorie Zybach, whom he met while delivering a pizza, were married in 1962 and have four daughters Margaret, Susan, Mary and Barbara, they also have 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild as of 2014. == Early life == After his father died when Monaghan was four years old,〔Mariah Blake, ''AlterNet''/''Washington Monthly'', 8 September 2009, (How an Eccentric Right-Wing Pizza Billionaire's Attempt to Build Catholic Law School Ended in Disaster )〕 Monaghan's mother had difficulties raising him alone, and at age six, in 1943, Monaghan and his younger brother ended up in an orphanage until their mother collected them again in 1949.〔 The orphanage, St. Joseph Home for Children in Jackson, Michigan, was run by the Felician Sisters of Livonia; one of the nuns there inspired his devotion to the Catholic faith and he later entered a minor seminary in Mission, B.C., with the desire to eventually become a priest. Subsequently, he was expelled from the seminary for a series of disciplinary infractions.〔 In 1956, Monaghan enlisted in the United States Marine Corps by mistake; he had meant to join the Army.〔Boyer, Peter J., "The Deliverer", ''The New Yorker'', February 19, 2007, (abstract )〕 He received an honorable discharge in 1959. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Monaghan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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