Wingstop is owned by Roark Capital Group, which acquired it in 2010. Wingstop is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WING," meaning its ownership is divided among public shareholders, institutional investors, and company insiders. Major institutional shareholders include Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. and BlackRock Advisors LLC, each holding significant shares. The company was founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas, and went public with an IPO in 2015. The UK franchise of Wingstop has been sold to the US investment firm Sixth Street, but the overall company remains publicly traded and under Roark Capital's influence.
Additionally, rapper Rick Ross owns several Wingstop franchise locations but does not own the Wingstop company itself.
