Burger King: Global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in Florida, United States
Burger King (often just called BK) is a chain of fast food restaurants that comes from the United States.
It sells hamburgers, French fries, and soft drinks. It was created in 1954 in Miami, Florida, by James McLamore and David Edgerton. Edgerton bought a restaurant named Insta Burger King and changed it to Burger King. More than 34 thousand people work for the company.
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Genre | Fast food restaurant |
| Predecessor | Insta-Burger King |
| Founded | Insta-Burger King: 1953 Jacksonville, Florida Burger King: 1954 Miami, Florida |
| Founder | Insta-Burger King: Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns Burger King: David Edgerton and James McLamore |
| Headquarters | 5505 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States |
Number of locations | 17,796 (2018) |
Area served | Global |
Key people | |
| Products | |
| Revenue | 1,970,000,000 United States dollar (2012)  |
| 363,000,000 United States dollar (2012) | |
| 117,700,001 United States dollar (2012) | |
| Parent | Restaurant Brands International |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references | |
There are more than 15,000 Burger King restaurants world-wide in 100 countries, and almost all of them are franchises. 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. In 2014, the chain's operations was merged with that of Tim Hortons from Canada, under the name Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR). 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.
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