{"id":201832,"date":"2022-02-26T14:54:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T14:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/?p=201832"},"modified":"2022-02-26T14:54:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T14:54:22","slug":"povestea-antreprenorului-care-a-lucrat-cot-la-cot-cu-fondatorul-kfc-ce-imperiu-financiar-a-reusit-sa-cladeasca-in-urma-acestei-experiente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/?p=201832","title":{"rendered":"Povestea antreprenorului care a lucrat cot la cot cu fondatorul KFC. Ce imperiu financiar a reu\u015fit s\u0103 cl\u0103deasc\u0103 \u00een urma acestei experien\u0163e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<strong>Activ \u00een industria restaurantelor \u00eenc\u0103 de la 12 ani, Rex David Thomas a avut oportunitatea de a-\u015fi \u00eembog\u0103\u0163i experien\u0163a \u00een acest domeniu al\u0103turi de \u00eensu\u015fi binecunoscutul colonel Sanders, fondatorul KFC. Pe aceast\u0103 baz\u0103 el a construit, la r\u00e2ndul s\u0103u, unul dintre cele mai MARI lan\u0163uri de restaurante din lume: Wendy\u2019s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nRex David Thomas s-a n\u0103scut pe 2 iulie 1932, \u00een Atlantic City, New Jersey. La c\u00e2teva luni, el a fost adoptat de Rex \u015fi Auleva Thomas, fapt care l-a determinat, peste ani, s\u0103 devin\u0103 la r\u00e2ndul s\u0103u avocat de adop\u0163ii. Dup\u0103 moartea mamei, \u015fi-a petrecut copil\u0103ria \u00een Kalamazoo, aproape de Michigan, iar la v\u00e2rsta de 12 ani a ob\u0163inut primul loc de munc\u0103, \u00eentr-un restaurant de lux din Knoxville, Tennessee, pe care l-a pierdut \u00eens\u0103 \u00eentr-o disput\u0103 cu \u015feful s\u0103u. La c\u00e2teva decenii distan\u0163\u0103, restaurantul avea s\u0103 afi\u015feze la intrare un poster imens cu fotografia \u015fi autograful lui Thomas, care a r\u0103mas acolo p\u00e2n\u0103 la \u00eenchiderea afacerii. \u00cen adolescen\u0163\u0103, dup\u0103 ce s-a angajat la Hobby House Restaurant, \u00een Indiana, a decis s\u0103 renun\u0163e la \u015fcoal\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 lucreze full-time, vis\u00e2nd s\u0103 poat\u0103 deschide propriul restaurant. Thomas, care a absolvit liceul abia \u00een 1993, la v\u00e2rsta de 61 de ani, avea s\u0103 declare c\u0103 decizia de a abandona cursurile a fost cea mai mare gre\u015feal\u0103 a vie\u0163ii sale. La 18 ani s-a \u00eenrolat voluntar \u00een armat\u0103 \u015fi, datorit\u0103 experien\u0163ei \u00een industria restaurantelor, a fost desemnat s\u0103 se ocupe de mesele a peste 2.000 de solda\u0163i. C\u00e2nd a fost demobilizat, \u015fi-a reluat jobul la Hobby House, unde avea s\u0103 \u00eel \u00eent\u00e2lneasc\u0103, la mijlocul anilor \u201950, pe colonelul Harland Sanders, care vizita restaurantul pentru a \u00eencerca s\u0103 v\u00e2nd\u0103 una din francizele KFC. Ini\u0163ial, proprietarii afacerii, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu Thomas, care ajunsese buc\u0103tar-\u015fef, au respins oferta, dar la insisten\u0163ele lui Sanders au acceptat \u00eentr-un final s\u0103 investeasc\u0103 \u00een business, achizi\u0163ion\u00e2nd mai multe francize \u00een urm\u0103torii ani. \u00cen acest timp, antreprenorul, care devenise ac\u0163ionar \u015fi director regional, a lucrat al\u0103turi de fondatorul KFC pentru a m\u0103ri profitabilitatea \u015fi popularitatea brandului. \u00cen 1968, el i-a v\u00e2ndut partea sa de ac\u0163iuni lui Sanders, pentru circa 1,5 milioane de dolari, iar la un an distan\u0163\u0103, pe 15 noiembrie 1969, a pornit propriul lan\u0163 de restaurante, Wendy\u2019s, numit astfel dup\u0103 porecla nepoatei sale, Melinda Lou. Aceast\u0103 prim\u0103 unitate a companiei a r\u0103mas func\u0163ional\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 2007. \u00cen 1982, Thomas s-a retras din business, dar a continuat s\u0103 ia parte la deciziile importante ale companiei. \u00cen acela\u015fi an, al\u0103turi de mai mul\u0163i antreprenori, a pus bazele unei \u015fcoli independente \u2013 The Wellington School, \u00een Ohio. Antreprenorul s-a c\u0103s\u0103torit, la v\u00e2rsta de 47 de ani, cu Lorraine, al\u0103turi de care a avut trei fiice \u2013 Pam, Lori \u015fi Molly, \u015fi un fiu, Kenny. Thomas a murit \u00een 2013, an \u00een care compania ajunsese la o re\u0163ea de 6.000 de unit\u0103\u0163i. Fiicele sale au continuat s\u0103 opereze afacerile familiei.&nbsp; \u00cen 2020, lan\u0163ul avea 6.828 de unit\u0103\u0163i, mare parte dinte ele \u2013 aproape 6.500 \u2013 fiind operate \u00een franciz\u0103. \u00cen acela\u015fi an, businessul a \u00eenregistrat venituri de 1,4 miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activ \u00een industria restaurantelor \u00eenc\u0103 de la 12 ani, Rex David Thomas a avut oportunitatea de a-\u015fi \u00eembog\u0103\u0163i experien\u0163a \u00een acest domeniu al\u0103turi de \u00eensu\u015fi binecunoscutul colonel Sanders, fondatorul KFC. Pe aceast\u0103 baz\u0103 el a construit, la r\u00e2ndul s\u0103u, unul dintre cele mai MARI lan\u0163uri de restaurante din lume: Wendy\u2019s. Rex David Thomas s-a n\u0103scut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7211,512],"tags":[51071,11188,11194,51072],"class_list":["post-201832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comert","category-revista-bm","tag-capitalisul-saptamanii","tag-kfc","tag-restaurant","tag-rex-david-thomas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=201832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=201832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}