Guy Snyder (businessman)

Harry Guy Snyder (February 22, 1951 – December 3, 1999) was an American businessman who served as president of In-N-Out Burger from January 1994 until his death in December 1999. He was the elder son of In-N-Out founders Harry and Esther Snyder.

Early life and education
Born in Covina, California, Snyder and his younger brother Rich spent their early childhood years in the Los Angeles suburb of Baldwin Park, California, where they lived across the street from the original In-N-Out Burger stand. By the late 1950s, the family had moved to a larger house in San Dimas, California, where Snyder would spend the remainder of his childhood.

For a time in the 1960s, Snyder and his brother attended Brown Military Academy, a military preparatory school in Glendora, California. Snyder graduated from Bonita High School in La Verne, California in 1969.

Career
In January 1994, following his brother's death in a December 1993 plane crash, Snyder became president of In-N-Out Burger. During his six-year tenure as chief executive, he expanded the number of company stores from 93 to 140.

Personal life
On Valentine's Day, 1981, Snyder married Lynda Lou Perkins (née Wilson), a divorcée from Torrance, California. The marriage produced one daughter, Lynsi, who was born in 1982. Through his first marriage, Snyder had two stepdaughters, Traci Taylor and Teri Prince. Snyder and Wilson separated in 1995; their divorce was finalized in January 1997.

On September 28, 1997, Snyder married his childhood friend Kathy Touché. This marriage was short-lived, ending in divorce in 1999.

Death
On December 3, 1999, Snyder died of congestive heart failure as a result of an accidental overdose of prescription painkillers. Snyder had a long history of drug abuse. At the time of his death, he had been living in a motorhome parked outside the Lancaster, California home of his first wife's nephew.