By Ryan Spoehr
SLN staff
As a youngster, he walked right by the original Whitewater Toppers Pizza to and from school in Whitewater. Now, he is a main player in running the business.
Whitewater native Adam Oldenburg grew up in the city, graduated high school in community and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He is even taking classes again at the campus. Now, Oldenburg is the vice president of operations of Toppers, a pizza chain the boasts its specialization in late-night delivery that is headquartered in Whitewater.
Oldenburg will reach his 12th year of employment with Toppers in March. He started out as a delivery driver in college at age 20.
“I knew within the first month that I was staying at this job for a good amount of time,” Oldenburg said.
“I enjoyed every single job. That’s one of the reasons why I’m here,” Oldenburg added.
For more on Oldenburg’s ascension at Toppers, pick up the Dec. 14 or 15 edition of the weekly publications a part of Southern Lakes Newspapers, including the Whitewater Register.