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John Young Brown Jr. (December 28, 1933 – November 22, 2022) was an American politician and entrepreneur from Kentucky.He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, and built Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
Former Kentucky Gov. John Brown Jr. (D), who helped turn Kentucky Fried Chicken into a global brand and made millions off of its sale, has died at age 88. Brown’s family announced his death in a ...
Once too large for Sanders to manage, Kentucky Fried Chicken grew to overwhelm John Y. Brown as well. [41] In July 1971, Brown sold the company to the Connecticut-based Heublein, a packaged food and drinks corporation, for US$285 million (around US$2.14 billion in 2023). [51] Brown personally gained around $35 million from the sale. [52]
The list also includes John Y. Brown, Jr. himself, as well as his son John Y. Brown III, a former Kentucky secretary of state. ... There’s a lot about his childhood, a lot about KFC and other ...
Former Kentucky governor John Y. Brown Jr. has died. Brown served as the 55th governor of the commonwealth from 1979-1983. According to the National Governors Association, while governor, Brown ...
In 1964, Sanders sold KFC to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack C. Massey for US$2 million (around US$17 million in 2020). [12] The contract included a lifetime salary for Sanders and the agreement that he would be the company's quality controller and trademark. [28] The chain had reached 3,000 outlets in 48 countries by ...
John Y. Brown took six months to call Colonel Sanders back. From then on it was a life that changed the fast-food restaurant industry, impacting places like Chi-Chi’s, Rally’s and Kenny Rogers ...
Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chain of chicken-based restaurants founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and former KFC CEO John Y. Brown Jr., who was a former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Brown had been an early investor in Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1964 to 1971.