Olive Garden parent company names interim CEO

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NEW YORK (AP) — Olive Garden’s parent company Darden Restaurants promoted Chief Operating Officer Gene Lee to interim CEO after a board takeover by an activist investor last week.

The company, based in Orlando, Florida, said Tuesday that Lee will replace Clarence Otis effective immediately.

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