James McLamore
Entrepreneur, Organization founder
1926 – 1996
Who was James McLamore?
James Whitman McLamore was co-founder of the Burger King fast food franchise with David Edgerton. McLamore attended Northfield Mount Hermon School before matriculating at Cornell University.
McLamore was an employee and also a business man before. Edgerton originally opened Insta Burger King in Miami, Florida on March 1, 1954. Three months later, on June 1, he met McLamore and they formed the Burger King Corporation. The corporation opened Burger King stores and went on to introduce the Whopper burger in 1957, when it also dropped "Insta" from the name. The pair sold the business to Pillsbury in 1967 and McLamore served as Burger King's president until 1970, and was chairman to 1976.
McLamore died of cancer in Coral Gables, Florida on August 9, 1996, at the age of 70.
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- Born
- May 30, 1926
New York City - Also known as
- James Whitman McLamore
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Cornell University
- Boston University
- Employment
- Burger King
- Burger King advertising
- Died
- Aug 9, 1996
Coral Gables
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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