John H. Schnatter was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Schnatter is founder, spokesman, and CEO of the pizza company Papa Johns,
which he founded in 1984. He invested in pizza-making equipment by selling
his 1972 Camaro Z28 (shown below).
Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984)
Businessman Ray Kroc joined McDonald’s in 1954 and turned it into the
world’s dominant fast-food chain after buying the business for $2.7 million
in 1961.
Kroc was included in Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century,
and amassed a fortune during his lifetime. He owned the San Diego Padres
baseball team from 1974 until his death in 1984.
Colonel Harland David Sanders
(September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980)
Sanders is best known for building his Kentucky Fried Chicken cafe into
a fast-food empire. He once worked as a farmer, salesman, steamboat
pilot, and railroad fireman.Colonel Sanders sold KFC to John Y. Brown
Jr., Jack Massey, and a group of investors for $2 million in 1964.
George Harrison with President Gerald Ford.
George Harrison, his father Harry, along with Billy Preston, Tom Scott and Ravi
Shankar lunched at the White House on the afternoon of December 13, 1974
at the invitation of President Ford’s son, Jack. Harrison was the first and only
ex-Beatle to visit the White House. After lunch the group had a tour of the
White House mansion guided part of the way by the President’s daughter,
Susan.
