Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. engages in the development and operation of fine dining restaurants. The company is headquartered in Winter Park, Florida and currently employs 4,768 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2005-08-09. The firm is engaged in operating Ruths Chris Steak House restaurants and sells franchise rights to Ruths Chris Steak House franchisees, giving the franchisees the exclusive right to operate similar restaurants in a particular area designated in the franchise agreement. The Company-owned steakhouse restaurant segment includes Ruth’s Chris Steak House restaurants and three Ruth’s Chris Steak House restaurants operating under a management agreement. The firm's franchise operations segment includes franchisee-owned Ruth’s Chris Steak House restaurants. The firm's franchisee-owned restaurants include 23 international restaurants in Aruba, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.