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 When Floyd Bean arrived in Dallas 40 years ago, the Galveston native and Southern University graduate was confident that he would someday own a business and that he would not be in Dallas more than five years. After several years as a traveling salesman, based in Dallas, he landed a position as Director of Minority Franchises for Bonanza Steakhouse.
This position also required him to travel extensively, but he now was a family man and he leaped at the opportunity to become the first Black owner of a Bonanza franchise in Texas in 1972.
While he enjoyed the benefits of business ownership, including being chosen to be showcased at the Knoxville Worlds Fair, Floyd knew something was missing. He worked the long hours and experienced the financial challenges that ownership carries. He persevered because as he often says, "My family taught me how to add 2+2, but they never taught me how to quit." Although he was eventually forced to close the business, he did discover the missing link to his plans for success. He realized that he could never truly profit successfully unless he was willing to give The Lord his time, his talent and his money.
Armed with this knowledge, he began to call upon the skill and knowledge he acquired in his years as a salesman, business owner and Executive Director of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce. These attributes combined with his renewed commitment to Christ has enabled him to launch his own multi-location business known as "Catfish Floyd's."
He now credits his success to giving the Lord "what's right and not what's left", and to his not knowing how to quit. Floyd bean is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and many other business and civic organizations. He and his wife Deborah have two children, Rhonda and Zandra.
Floyd is also a faithful member of Highland Hills United Methodist Church.
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