Colonel Sanders
Entrepreneur, Organization founder
1890 – 1980
Who was Colonel Sanders?
Colonel Harland David Sanders was an American businessman, best known for founding Kentucky Fried Chicken, and later acting as the company's goodwill ambassador and symbol.
Sanders held a number of jobs in his early life, such as a fireman, insurance salesman and running filling stations. He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first KFC franchise opened in Utah in 1952. The company's rapid expansion across the United States and overseas saw it overwhelm him however, and in 1964 he sold the company to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown, Jr. and Jack C. Massey for $2 million.
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- Born
- Sep 9, 1890
Henryville - Also known as
- Harland David Sanders
- Harland Sanders
- Spouses
- Claudia Price
(1948/11/18 - 1980/12/16) - Josephine King
(1909 - 1947)
- Claudia Price
- Religion
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Indiana
- Louisville
- Died
- Dec 16, 1980
Louisville
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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