Burger King

Burger King Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRestaurants
GenreFast food restaurant
PredecessorInsta-Burger King
FoundedInsta-Burger King:
1953 (1953)
Jacksonville, Florida
Burger King:
1954 (1954)
Miami, Florida
FounderInsta-Burger King:
Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns
Burger King:
David Edgerton and James McLamore
Headquarters5505 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Number of locations
17,796 (2018)
Area served
Global
Key people
  • Alexandre Behring (Chairman RBI)[1]: 123 
  • Daniel S. Schwartz (CEO)[1]: 123 
  • José E. Cil (President)[1]: 123 
  • Joshua Kobza (CFO)[1]: 123 
Products
Revenue1,970,000,000 United States dollar (2012) Edit this on Wikidata
117,700,001 United States dollar (2012) Edit this on Wikidata
ParentRestaurant Brands International
Websitewww.bk.com
Footnotes / references
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Burger King (BK for short) is an American chain of fast food restaurants that comes from the United States.[4] It sells hamburgers, french fries, and soft drinks. It was created in 1954 in Miami, Florida, by James McLamore and David Edgerton.[5] Edgerton bought a restaurant named Insta Burger King and changed it to Burger King. More than 34,000 people work for the company.

There are more than 18,000 Burger King restaurants world-wide in 100 countries, and almost all of them are franchises.[6] But in Australia, since the name "Burger King" was already trademarked there, BK franchises there are called Hungry Jack's.

Burger King is owned mostly by 3G Capital, a Brazilian investment company. But it is also owned by shareholders and used to publicly trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BKW.[7] In 2014, the chain's operations was merged with that of Tim Hortons from Canada, under the name Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR).[8] Burger King is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in the unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant chain.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Burger King 2015 10-K". sec.gov. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "RBI 10K report" (PDF). rbi.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Restaurant Brand International: Burger King". rbi.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ "hamburger.com". www.hamburger.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  5. ↑ Hershey, Robert D. (April 16, 2018). "David Edgerton, a Founder of Burger King, Is Dead at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Number of Burger King restaurants worldwide from 2009 to 2017". Statista. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Burger King Worldwide, Inc. Announces Close of Transaction with Justice Holdings Limited". Business Wire. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Brownell, Claire (26 August 2014). "Burger King Worldwide Inc announces deal to buy Tim Hortons". Financial Post. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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