They have since expanded their interests to include restaurants, entertainment, sports and gaming. The Ilitches founded Little Caesars Pizza in 1959, which they expanded as a franchise. She met her future husband Mike Ilitch, also a child of Macedonian immigrants, in 1954 when the two went on a blind date arranged by his father. Marian Bayoff was born in 1933 and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, the daughter of Macedonian immigrants. Marian Bayoff Ilitch (born January 7, 1933) is an American businesswoman who is the co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza with her late husband, Mike Ilitch.
