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Rex David Thomas was born July 2, 1932, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [2] [5] His biological father's name was Sam and his biological mother's name was Molly. [6]Thomas was adopted between six weeks and six months later by Rex and Auleva Thomas, [6] [7] and as an adult became a well-known advocate for adoption, founding the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
After the death of her father Dave Thomas in 2002, she and her siblings bought restaurants in her native Columbus area. As of September 2010, Thomas herself owned or co-owned more than 30 Wendy's stores. [8] In November 2010, she began appearing in Wendy’s ads on camera for the first time.
Wendy was actually born Melinda Lou Thomas, but according to the New York Times, her siblings had difficulty pronouncing her name and called her “Wenda.” Thus, the nickname Wendy was born. In ...
The Wendy's Company is an American fast food corporation and the holding company [7] for Wendy's and First Kitchen. Originally founded as the Deisel-Wemmer Company, it is sourced in Dublin, Ohio. [8] The company's principal subsidiary, Wendy's International, is the franchisor of Wendy's restaurants.
Wendy's International, LLC, [4] [5] is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio.Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006.
However, he ended up driving a delivery truck for A. Peltz & Sons, a wholesale food distribution business founded by his grandfather in 1896, which delivered fresh produce and Snow Crop brand frozen food [16] to restaurants in New York. [17] [7] Peltz's father gave him free rein with the company, and over the next 15 years he and his older ...
Her mother was a seasonal farmworker and sent Anna and her three siblings to be raised by their maternal grandmother, who was also raising 10 other children; her father was a business owner and farm-worker contractor. [1] Anna and her siblings had a strict upbringing; her siblings remembered her as being generous and kind as a child. [1]
Jack Carroll Massey (June 15, 1904 – February 15, 1990) was an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur who owned Kentucky Fried Chicken, co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America, and owned one of the largest franchisees of Wendy's. [1] [2] He was the first American businessman to take three different companies public.