Company · Food & Beverage · founded 1930
KFC
Fried-chicken restaurant chain founded by Harland Sanders, who began selling chicken from a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in 1952; Sanders sold the company in 1964.
Of the 1 person here linked to KFC, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
1 person at KFC
Founder Past
Role
Founder; sold the U.S. company in 1964 and stayed on as salaried brand ambassador until his death, 1930–1980
Source
· high confidence. KFC's infobox dates the founding to his Sanders Court & Cafe in 1930 and the first franchise to 1952. The Colonel Sanders article says he sold to a group led by John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack Massey in 1964, kept the Canadian operation and became a salaried brand ambassador.
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Harland Sanders
Founder, Kentucky Fried Chicken
working poor · outsider · no college