Terrell Alfred Braly is an American businessperson.

Braly's great grandfather, J. Oliver Russell along with his brothers WIlliam G. Russell, Levi Russell and James Russell discovered gold in the Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory

The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado....

 in 1858 and are credited with founding Denver and starting the Pikes Peak

Pikes Peak

Pikes Peak is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County in the United States of America....

 Gold Rush.

Life and career

Terrell began school in England and France before his family settled in Marin County, CA in 1961. He attended 3R schools and San Rafael Military Academy and graduated from Babson College

Babson College

Babson College is a private business school located in Wellesley, Massachusetts near Boston.- History :Babson College was founded by Roger Babson on September 3, 1919, as the Babson Institute. It was renamed "Babson College" in 1969...

 in Wellesley, MA. in 1977.

He founded Sandwich World in Denver, CO which became Quiznos in 1978.

An association with Tom Hulett of Concerts West led to his becoming a leading concert promoter in the 1980s producing such acts as The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...

, Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts...

, America, The Eagles and many other top acts of the era.

He took control of National Video Industries in New York in 1991 producing music videos, documentaries, short films and commercials including "A Great Day in Harlem" which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.

In 2001, he returned to Texas to look after family business interests. He soon took control of a small Austin cinema eatery, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and grew it from a 5 screen company to what was called by Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...

 in 2005 "The Best Theater in America". He sold his interests shortly thereafter.

In 2007, he formed a joint venture with the Regal Entertainment Group

Regal Entertainment Group

Regal Entertainment Group also known as REG is a movie theater chain headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regal operates the largest and most geographically diverse theater circuit in the United States, consisting of 6,775 screens in 548 locations in 39 states and the District of Columbia as of...

 called Cinebarre and became its CEO/Chairman. Cinebarre now has locations nationally in cities including Asheville, NC

Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...

, Charleston, SC, Thornton, CO, Seattle, WA, and Salem, OR.