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About David Edgerton
David Russell Edgerton Jr. was an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Burger King, in what would become the second-largest burger chain after McDonald's. After serving as a manager of another restaurant, Howard Johnson's, on March 1, 1954, he opened a franchise outlet of the restaurant chain Insta Burger King in Miami, Florida. On June 1 of the same year, he met fellow restaurateur James McLamore and the two founded the Burger King Corporation. After leaving Burger King, he went on to start Bodega, a steakhouse restaurant.
Everything about David Edgerton →- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 26, 1927
- Died
- April 3, 2018