Jon Porter

Jon Porter is the owner/operator of Chicago Pizza Tours a bus guided tour of culturally significant & neighborhood pizzerias in Chicago. Born 9/19/77 Jon was raised in Elmhurst, a suburb 10 miles west of Chicago. Growing up, Jon and his grade school friends had a real passion for pizza that was cultivated by parents that also had strong feelings for the perfect food. Jon attended EIU from '95-'99 where he studied business before leaving to work for his father's business in the promotional products industry. For 10 years Jon worked at Porter Specialty Advertising in a sales position but quickly learned in small business you need to do everything. As the economy took a turn for the worse, Jon lost key accounts in a commission driven job. This downturn provided the opportunity to start CPT. "I told my wife, we can hang on to what we've saved & try to ride this economy out, or we can take that money, build a website, buy a bus and I can start taking strangers out for pizza!"