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Lee Roy Mitchell
Far-Right Businessman and Avid "Big Lie" Conspiracy Theorist
Lee Roy Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founded Cinemark Inc. |
| Title | Chair, founder |
Lee Roy Mitchell founded Cinemark Inc., and was its chief executive officer from 1987 to December 2006.
Life and career
Mitchell was working at a Ford dealership in Forney, Texas, when his father, M. Mitchell, who owned theaters in Bastrop and Elgin, Texas, asked him to join him in purchasing a drive-in theater in Ennis, Texas in 1962.[1] This led to further theater acquisitions, including with his brother, J.C., through Mitchell Theatres, Inc.
In 1966, Lee Roy sold the theaters to Interstate,[2] which later became ABC Theatres. He proceeded to build a new chain, with a company named Texas Cinema Corporation. Mitchell then formed a group of theaters under the Cinemark name beginning in 1977.
Cinemark Corporation and Texas Cinema Corporation merged operations