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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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Otto
Football
5-Jan-1938   Hall of fame center, Oakland Raiders #00

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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