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Burger King

COMPANY

Founded in 1954 by Dave Edgerton and James W. McLamore. Purchased by Brazilian conglomerate 3G Capital for about $4B in 2010.

Official Website:
http://www.bk.com/

Industry:
Restaurant

Ticker:
NYSE:BKC

Corporate headquarters:
Miami, FL

Sales:
$2.4B (2008)

Employees:
41000 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph Alvarez	Business	c. 1955		President and COO of McDonald's
Gregory D. Brenneman	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Quiznos
Herman Cain	Business	13-Dec-1945		Godfather's Pizza
John W. Chidsey	Business	c. 1963		CEO of Burger King
John H. Dasburg	Business	c. 1943		CEO of ASTAR Air Cargo
Dave Edgerton	Business	c. 1928		Co-Founder of Burger King
Yvonne R. Jackson	Business	c. 1948		Senior VP at Pfizer, 2002-05
Ronald A. McDougall	Business	12-Aug-1942		Brinker International, 1983-2004
James W. McLamore	Business	30-May-1926	7-Aug-1996	Co-Founder of Burger King

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
Richard W. Boyce	Business	c. 1954	Texas Pacific Group
David A. Brandon	Business	c. 1952	CEO of Domino's Pizza
John W. Chidsey	Business	c. 1963	CEO of Burger King
Ronald M. Dykes	Business	c. 1946	CFO of BellSouth, 1995-2005
Peter R. Formanek	Business	c. 1942	President of Autozone, 1985-94
Manuel A. Garcia III	Business	c. 1942	Burger King franchisee
Sanjeev K. Mehra	Business	c. 1960	Partner, Goldman Sachs
Steven G. Pagliuca	Business	c. 1955	Bain Capital
Brian T. Swette	Business	c. 1954	COO of eBay, 1998-2002
Kneeland C. Youngblood	Business	13-Dec-1955	Pharos Capital Group

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
David Bonderman	Business	c. 1943	Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
Gregory D. Brenneman	Business	c. 1962	CEO of Quiznos
Armando M. Codina	Business	c. 1946	Founder of Codina Group
Jonathan J. Coslet	Business	c. 1965	Texas Pacific Group
John H. Dasburg	Business	c. 1943	CEO of ASTAR Air Cargo

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rafid Ahmed Alwan	Hoaxer	1968		"Curveball"
Chester Bennington	Singer	20-Mar-1976		Linkin Park
Chingy	Musician	9-Mar-1980		Right Thurr
Dane Cook	Comic	18-Mar-1972		Harmful If Swallowed
Kirk Hammett	Guitarist	18-Nov-1962		Guitarist for Metallica
Ty Herndon	Country Musician	2-May-1962		Country music star caught in cruisy park
Jennifer Hudson	Actor	12-Sep-1981		Dreamgirls
Wyclef Jean	Musician	17-Oct-1972		One third of The Fugees, Preacher's Son
Queen Latifah	Rapper	18-Mar-1970		All Hail the Queen
Christopher McCandless	Victim	12-Feb-1968	18-Aug-1992	Subject of Into the Wild
Timothy McVeigh	Terrorist	23-Apr-1968	11-Jun-2001	Oklahoma City Bomber
Randi Rhodes	Radio Personality	28-Jan-1959		Liberal talk show host
Chris Tucker	Comic	31-Aug-1972		Rush Hour
Twista	Rapper	27-Nov-1973		Kamikaze
Kathy J. Higgins Victor	Business	c. 1957		President of Centera Corporation

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Otto	Football	5-Jan-1938		Hall of fame center, Oakland Raiders #00

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
David Beckham	Soccer	2-May-1975	Los Angeles Galaxy
Mary J. Blige	Musician	11-Jan-1971	Pop/R&B diva
Brooke Burke	TV Personality	8-Sep-1971	Co-Host, Dancing with the Stars
Adam Carolla	Radio Personality	27-May-1964	Loveline, The Man Show
Dan Cortese	TV Personality	14-Sep-1967	Hosted MTV Sports
Sarah Michelle Gellar	Actor	14-Apr-1977	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Seth Green	Actor	8-Feb-1974	Dr. Evil's son Scott
Steve Harvey	Comic	23-Nov-1956	The Steve Harvey Show
Salma Hayek	Actor	2-Sep-1966	Frida
John Leguizamo	Comic	22-Jul-1964	House of Buggin'
Meadowlark Lemon	Basketball	25-Apr-1932	Harlem Globetrotter
Jay Leno	Talk Show Host	28-Apr-1950	The Tonight Show
Joel McHale	TV Personality	20-Nov-1971	The Soup
Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	6-Mar-1972	Shaq Attack
Stacy Peralta	Skateboarder	15-Oct-1957	Powell-Peralta, Dogtown and Z-Boys
Puff Daddy	Music Producer	4-Nov-1969	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
Rachael Ray	TV Personality	25-Aug-1968	30 Minute Meals
Darius Rucker	Singer	13-May-1966	Hootie and the Blowfish
Deion Sanders	Football	9-Aug-1967	Played in both NFL and MLB
Mr. T	Actor	21-May-1952	Long track record of pitying fools
Donald Trump	Business	14-Jun-1946	The Donald
Steven Tyler	Singer	26-Mar-1948	Frontman for Aerosmith
Sofia Vergara	Actor	10-Jul-1972	Gloria on Modern Family

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