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“Colonel” Harland Sanders
(1890–1980)
Colonel Sanders is the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), one of the biggest fast food chains in the world today. He dropped out of elementary school in his fifth year, but later earned a law degree through a correspondence course.
Sanders’ father died when he was six years old, and he had to cook for the family as his mother worked. He worked on many jobs during his teenage years, including firefighter, steamboat driver, insurance salesman and as a private in the Cuban army.
At the age of 40, he ran a service station in Corbin, Kentucky, and cooked chicken for people who passed by. His popularity grew and he moved to a motel and restaurant and began working as the chef.
But not all was well. In 1952, Sanders was in his 60's and reportedly penniless. He travelled across the US to licence his special method of frying chicken in a pressure cooker, sleeping in his car to save money. His proposal was that restaurant owners would pay him a nickel (five cents) for every piece of chicken sold.
Over a two-year period, he was rejected 1,008 times before the 1,009th person said “Yes”. And so KFC was born.
"One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better"-Harland Sanders
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