Instagram nge @ wendys Ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi emva kokufa kwakhe, UWendy Umsunguli wegama likaDave Thomas usabonakala ebantwini. Mhlawumbi yinyani yokuba wayephila ngokwenyani iphupha laseMelika lokusebenza ngendlela yakhe ukuya phezulu ukusuka ekuqaleni kokuthobeka. Omnye wemisebenzi yakhe yokuqala wamhlawulela $ 35 ngeveki , kodwa wakha inkampani eWendy eyathengiswa ngayo $ 2.34 yezigidigidi Ngo-2008.
Mhlawumbi zizonke ezo ntengiso azenzileyo. Nokuba wayexabiseke kangakanani, uThomas wayehlala edibana notatomkhulu onobuhlobo. Okanye mhlawumbi siyakuthanda ukutya kwakhe.
UWendy wenze konke okusemandleni kuThomas ukuba abe yenye yezona ndawo zineentambo zokutyela eziphumeleleyo emhlabeni, kwaye ngoku isebenza ngokukuko. Izigidi ezingama-50 zabantu inyanga nganye eUnited States.
Kwaye ngelixa usenokuba uyazi ukuba uTomas wayenobuntwana obukrakra, emqhubela ekubeni axhase izizathu ezinje ukwamkelwa kwaye imfundo Emva kwexesha ebomini, siqokelele iinyani ngaye onokuthi ungazazi. (Kwaye ukuba ubusazi zonke ezi zinto ngaphambili, qhubeka uziphathe kwi-Frosty enkulu; uyifumene.)
Umakhulu kaThomas wamfundisa ngomsebenzi onzima
UDave Thomas wayenobuntwana obungaqhelekanga. Wamkelwa njengomntwana, kodwa wakhe Umama owamkelekileyo wasweleka xa wayeneminyaka emi-5 ubudala. Uyise owamkhulisayo, uRex, wamfudusa esiya edolophini esiya edolophini, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba uThomas athethe kamva ukuba akaze azive ngathi uyindawo. Kwishumi nje leminyaka, wayehlala okungenani kwiindawo ezili-12 ezahlukeneyo.
Ezinye zeenkumbulo zakhe awayezithanda xa wayesengumntwana yayilihlobo lasehlotyeni alichithe nogogo wakhe, uMinnie Sinclair. Wayesoloko ekhankanya indlela awayewuthanda ngayo umsebenzi wakhe, kuba wayesebenza imisebenzi eliqela ukondla usapho emva kokubhubha komyeni wakhe.
'UMinnie wayengumkhuthazi,' wabhala uThomas kwincwadi yakhe, Indlela kaDave (nge Ishishini labatyali mihla le ), esongeza ukuba uhlala emxelela, 'Umgangatho uyinto yonke ... Ukuba abantu baqhubeka nokusika iikona, eli lizwe liza kuba sengxakini enkulu.' Ayothusi into yokuba umbono wokubonelela ngokutya kunye nenkonzo esemgangathweni waba lilitye lembombo kuWendy's.
Akayi kuze avumele nabani na ukuba abone iinyawo zakhe ngesizathu esibuhlungu
Facebook UThomas noRex babetsala nzima ngokwezezimali, kwaye bahlala rhoqo kwizindlu zokubhoda ezingagcinwanga kakuhle kunye neenqwelwana ezirhuqwayo njengoko babehamba besuka edolophini besiya edolophini. Uye wazihambela yedwa Kwiminyaka eyi-15 , Kwaye ndahlala kwiYMCA yendawo okwethutyana. Emva kokugqiba ibanga leshumi, wayeka esikolweni waya kusebenza ngokusisigxina ngaphambi kokuba azinikele emkhosini kwaye esebenza ngo-1950-1953.
Intombi kaThomas uMelinda, (yena isiteketiso UWendy) uxelelwe Abantu Ngo-1993 uThomas wayehlala engenazo izinto eziyimfuneko, esithi 'Akananto esemncinci. Akasayi kuvumela nabani na ukuba abone iinyawo zakhe, eziqinisiweyo ngenxa yokuba engazange abe nezihlangu ezifanelekileyo. '
UThomas akazange alibale ukuba kunjani ukuba nokuncinci, kwaye wabonisa isisa esikhulu emva kwempumelelo yakhe noWendy.
Utata ngumntu onomdla kakhulu, utshilo. 'Uyifumene, kwaye uyabelana nayo.'
Wayefuna ukuba nendawo yokutyela ukuze atye mahala
Imifanekiso kaGetty UThomas kunqabile ukuba atye ukutya okuphekwe ekhaya bekhula. Iivenkile zokutyela kunye noRex zazidla ngokuba neehambhega zexabiso eliphantsi njengezinto eziphambili zemenyu. Ayikuko ukuba uThomas wayekhathalele, njengoko iihambhega yayikukutya kwakhe ayithandayo. 'UPapaye wayengelona iqhawe lam,' utshilo uThomas Iphephancwadi laseOhio . UWimpy wayenjalo, kuba wayezithanda iihambhega.
cheesy yonke Burger ukumkani
Njengokuba behlala besitya bethe cwaka, uThomas uthe uchithe ixesha ebukele abanye abantu kwindawo yokutyela, bobabini abaxhasi kunye nabasebenzi abaphithizelayo. Ndiyakhumbula ndibukele iintsapho zihleli kunye kwaye sonwabile, utshilo. 'Kum, ukutya ngaphandle kwakungekho nje malunga nokutya. Ibingumsitho okhethekileyo. '
Waye wajonga nomakhulu wakhe owamkhulisayo sebenza kwindawo eatery , eyamenza waba nomdla kwishishini lokutyela, nasebuntwaneni. Kodwa uThomas akazange afune ukuzinza ngokusebenza nje kwindawo yokutyela ... kwaye, njengomntwana omncinci, wayengenguye wonke umntu onomdla wokwenza izigidi zeedola njengomnini wevenkile yokutyela.
Ndacinga ukuba ndinendawo yokutyela, ndingatya yonke into endiyifunayo mahala, utshilo uThomas Abantu . 'Yintoni engcono kunale?'
UThomas wayezibandakanya kakhulu neKFC
Imifanekiso kaGetty Nangona uThomas noWendy banxulumana ngonaphakade, akangoyena mntu ubizwa ngokuba ngumnini werestyu. Esi sihloko sesomsekisi weKentucky Fried Chicken, UColonel Harland Sanders .
Uyenza njani inkukhu eqhotsiweyo yaseKentucky
UThomas eneneni wayenobudlelwane bokusebenza kunye noColonel Sanders iminyaka eliqela ngaphambi kokuqala kukaWendy.
Njengomntu osele ekhulile, uThomas wayesebenza njengompheki kwindawo yokutyela yeHobby House kaPhil Clauss, kwaye wanceda uClauss ukuba enze isivumelwano noSanders ukuba athengise inkukhu yakhe eyimfihlo ngaphambi kokuba kubekho ikhonkco leKFC. Emva kwexesha, usapho lakwaClauss lwalunee-KFC franchise ezine eColumbus, eOhio, kodwa zona besilela . UClauss wathumela uThomas eColumbus ukuba azame ukujika iivenkile zokutyela.
UTomas wenze utshintsho olukhulu, kubandakanya ukusika imenyu kunye nokwenza ukujikeleza, okukhanyisiweyo Ibhakethi lenkukhu ngaphandle kwendawo yokutyela. USanders waluthanda utshintsho olwenziweyo nolwenziwe ngempumelelo nguTomas kwaye wazifaka kwezinye iivenkile zokutyela zeKFC. Uye wathatha olunye uluvo kuThomas-yayiyimbono kaTomas ukuba uSanders enze inkqubela kwezentengiso zakhe.
UThomas, owayesele enezabelo kwi-KFC, wazithengisa wabuyela kwaSanders ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1.5 yezigidi.
IFrosty yayiyimbono yakhe
Imifanekiso kaGetty Nangona isikwere sikaTomas, i-hamburger patties entsha yayiyinkwenkwezi yomboniso xa evula indawo yakhe yokuqala yokutyela eWendy ngo-1969, yayikho enye into kwimenyu emihlanu yemveliso ehlala ithandwa kakhulu phantse kwisiqingatha senkulungwane kamva: I-Frosty.
Ezinye izinto ezikwi- imenyu yoqobo yayiziihambhega, itshilisi, iifries zaseFransi, kunye neziselo. UThomas wayefuna ukuba i-Frosty ijiye ngakumbi kune-milkshake kodwa ingabi buthathaka njenge-ice cream ethambileyo, into abantu ekufuneka bayitye ngecephe.
Nangona kuphela incasa yeFrosty yayiyitshokholethi kude kube ngo-2006 (xa kwakongezwa i-vanilla), i-flavour yoqobo yayingumxube wetshokholethi kunye ne-vanilla, kuba uThomas wayengafuni ukoyisa incasa yeebhega ngevumba yetshokholethi eyomeleleyo. Wayenomatshini omnye weFrosty kwindawo yokutyela yaseWendy, kwaye kwafuneka axube itshokholethi kunye neencasa zevanilla ngokwakhe.
Khange eze neeburger ezikwere yedwa
UWendy Enye yezona zinto zaziwa kakhulu zeebamburger zikaWendy ziipatti zesikwere. Ehlabathini apho i-hamburger buns kunye neepaties zihamba ngokugqibeleleyo, ii-patties zika-Thomas zihlala ziluhlaza.
Esona sizathu sokuba uThomas akhethe iipatties zesikwere asicacanga gca. Enye yeengcamango ezithandwayo kukuba 'waboleka' le ngcamango kwiindawo zokudlela zaseKewpee Hamburgers, uTomas ekuthiwa wayehlala ehamba ngazo njengomntwana eMichigan. Iibhega zeKewpee zazizikwere , enokuthi ikhuthaze uTomas kamva ebomini.
Kungenzeka ukuba uTomas ukhethe iipatties zesikwere ukubonisa ukuba zenziwe ngenkomo entsha. Ukuba nemilo engeyiyo eyendabuko kwiburger patty kugxininisa ukuba ayiveli kumenzi wobunzima, kwaye ukutsha kuyimantra ehlala ibalulekile kuWendy namhlanje, esebenzisa Amaphepha ama-50 emiyalelo Ukuxelela ii-franchisees indlela yokwenza i-Wendy's patty efanelekileyo.
Olunye uluvo oluqhelekileyo emva kwesikwere (kwaye enye yayivela kuThomas ngokwakhe) kukuba yayivela kugogo kaThomas owamkelayo, owayethanda ukumxelela ' ungaze usike iikona . ' Ukuba neepateni zesikwere endaweni yokujikeleza kuyayifanela loo nto ngokugqibeleleyo.
Izimvo zikaTomas zatshintshe ishishini lokutya okukhawulezayo ngonaphakade
UWendy Iivenkile zokutya okukhawulezayo zikho kuyo yonke le mihla, kwaye zonke zilandela ubume obufanayo kunye nenkqubo yokubonelela ngokutya kubathengi. Kodwa umntu kwafuneka eze nezimvo zenkonzo yokutya okukhawulezayo esiyithatha ngokungenamsebenzi namhlanje (kwaye hayi, asithethi ngenkqubo yesithethi esihlala igcwele). Kwezona zimvo zibalaseleyo zisasetyenziswayo namhlanje, uTomas wayengumsunguli.
Umzekelo, uThomas ufake icandelo lokuqhubela phambili kwiWendy yakhe yesibini eColumbus, eOhio, eyayine indawo eyahlukileyo ye-grill , Ukuvumela abasebenzi ukuba baphake ukutya ngokukhawuleza.
Okwangoku, abathengi bahlala bezabalaza ekufumaneni indlela yoku-odola ngenkqubo yesithethi kwiintsuku zokuqala. Enye yeentombi zikaTomas, UPam Farber , uthe wayehlala ephuma ephethe iphepha nephepha ukuze athathe ii-odolo kubathengi abaxakekileyo.
UTomas wahluka kwimenyu yakhe, ejonge ukuseta uWendy ngaphandle kweminye imixokelelwane yokutya okukhawulezayo, ngokongeza isaladi ngo-1979, eyayiyi-bar utshintsho olukhulu kwimveliso yokutya okukhawulezayo. Uye wazisa kamva iitapile ezibhakiweyo.
Ngo-1989, iWendy yazisa ngeMenyu yexabiso eliPhezulu, ebonisa izinto ezininzi ezingaphantsi kwe- $ 1. Uninzi lwamatyathanga okutya okukhawulezayo (kunye neenkonzo ezininzi zokutyela) ngoku zibonelela ngeemenyu zexabiso lolunye uhlobo.
UThomas ufake inkwenkwezi ngaphezulu kwe-800 yeentengiso zikaWendy… emva kokuthatha umhlalaphantsi
Youtube Emva kokongamela ukuvulwa kukaWendy kwindawo yakhe yokutyela engama-2 000 kunye nokuba inkampani ijoyine iNew York Stock Exchange, uThomas uthathe umhlala-phantsi kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla ngo-1982. Nangona kunjalo, njengokuba umvuzo wawa, uThomas wabuyela kwinkampani ngo-1989.
Ngaba i-kfc ilahle i-wedges
Njengenxalenye yokubuya kwakhe, uTomas wavuma ukuba bubuso bukaWendy kwiphulo lentengiso yeTV. Ekugqibeleni uThomas wavela kwiintengiso ezingaphezu kwama-800, uninzi lwazo olwaluhlekisa okanye lubonisa ngamanye amaxesha abadumileyo ecaleni kukaTomas , Njengomlingisi uSusan Lucci okanye imbasa yegolide yeOlimpiki uKristi Yamaguchi. Wayesoloko enxibe utyikityo ihempe enemikhono emifutshane netayi ebomvu .
Abagxeki izibhengezo zentengiso zangaphambili , Njengoko uThomas wabonakala enovalo ngesingqisho esingathandekiyo kunye nokuhambahamba. Nangona kunjalo, uluntu luthembele kuTomas, mhlawumbi ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba iintengiso zazingakhange zikhanye, kwaye iintengiso zaba yinto eyaziwayo.
'Unikwe uWendy isazisi esidibeneyo ... uhlobo lwasekhaya olungumfanekiso,' utshilo uDiane Mustain, umhlalutyi wezemali. INew York Times 'Ukusilela kobunkunkqele kuyinzuzo enkulu kwinkampani.'
Umntakwabo-ntakwabo wayengafuni nto yakwenza naye
Ibhlog yokuSebenza yeWendy's Xa wayeneminyaka engama-21 ubudala, uTomas wazama ukufumana abazali bakhe. Umama wakhe wokuzalwa wayeswelekile, kwaye akazange enze unxibelelwano nosapho olude xa bedibana, ngokutsho Abantu . UThomas wayengenaso isikhokelo kutata wakhe omzalayo, ke ekugqibeleni wayeka ukuzama ukufumana amanye amalungu osapho.
Nangona kunjalo, ngo-1988 intombi kaThomas, uPam, wagqiba kwelokuba azame ukufumana ezinye izikhokelo ezongezelelekileyo kumalungu osapho lukayise womzimba. Ulandele ulwazi malunga notata kaThomas womzimba, owayesweleke ngelo xesha, kodwa wafumana umzalwana kaThomas.
Ukufika kwakhe kule ndoda, eyayiphumelele kwi-MIT, kwaye yayingafuni kwenza nto noTomas. 'Wayengafuni ukuba umama wakhe azi ukuba utata wakhe wayenento encinci yobusuku obunye, utshilo uThomas Abantu . 'Unokuba ulumke kakhulu, kodwa akanangqondo.'
Waya kwi-prom ephezulu xa wayeneminyaka engama-61
Emva emkhosini , UThomas watsibela ngqo kwishishini lokutyela, engashiyi xesha lokuba abuyele kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo afumane isidanga sakhe.
yeyona ramen iphezulu kuwe
Emva kwempumelelo yakhe noWendy's, wayehlala ethetha ngokubaluleka kwemfundo. Kodwa xa umfundi wesikolo esiphakamileyo ebuza ukuba kutheni uThomas engenayo idiploma yakhe, yaphefumlela uThomas ukuba abuyele esikolweni ayokufumana i-GED, awayenza ngempumelelo eCoconut Creek High School eFlorida ngo-1993.
'UDave wayenexhala lokuba impumelelo yeshishini lakhe ingabatyhafisa abantu abatsha ukuba bangagqibi nesikolo,' utshilo uFrank Vamos, umlawuli wezonxibelelwano lwegama kuWendy's. Ifanelekile . Enye yezona zinto azisola ngazo uDave yayikukuyeka, esithi yenye yezona mpazamo zibi wazenzayo ebomini bakhe.
Njengenzuzo eyongezelelekileyo yokufumana i-GED yakhe kamva ebomini, wakwazi ukuya kwi-prom kunye nenkosikazi yakhe kwi-1993. Iklasi yabadala eCoconut Creek yaphatha uThomas njengomnye wabo bafunda nabo.
Baye bandivotela kakhulu ukuba baphumelele kwaye bakhetha umfazi wam noLorraine kunye nam Ukumkanikazi oqinisekileyo kunye noKumkani Utshilo uTomas.
UThomas akazange achithe ixesha elininzi nosapho lwakhe
Imifanekiso kaGetty Emva kwento awayegqithe kuyo, ayothusi into yokuba uDave Thomas wayehlala ethetha ngokubaluleka kosapho kwaye esebenzela ukunika abantwana abamkelweyo ubuntwana obungcono kunaye.
Kwiminyaka yakhe yamva, uThomas waba ligqwetha kubo bobabini abantwana ekunzima ukuba beze kubo abafuna ukwamkelwa, kunye nabazali ababezama ukuthatha abantwana. Waseka i Isiseko sikaDave Thomas sokwamkelwa komntwana ngumntu ongamzelanga ibengowakhe ngo-1992.
Ngaphandle kobuntwana bakhe, uTomas wenza ixesha elilahlekileyo ngokuqala usapho kwasekuqaleni kobomi bakhe. Ekugqibeleni yena nenkosikazi yakhe wayenabantwana abahlanu . Kodwa ubomi bosapho bukaThomas babungagqibelelanga ngendlela ebenokubonakala ngayo.
Intombi kaTomas, uPam, uxelele Abantu Ubuntwana bukaThomas obunzima babuthetha ukuba wayengenamava amahle xa wayezama ukujongana nabantwana bakhe. 'Wayengazi nyani ukuphatha abantwana, wayengazi ukuba angaya njani kumdlalo webhola,' utshilo. 'Umama wayeyibambe nyani.'
'Ndingayichaza njani?' Utshilo uThomas. Ndiyathanda ukuba phakathi kwabo, kodwa andinakuyenza kakhulu kuba iya kundikhathaza. Siza kudibana. '
Khange asuke eOhio abaleke irhafu
Facebook Emva kokuchitha ubomi bakhe abadala e-Ohio, UDave Thomas wasweleka kwi2002 ekhayeni lakhe eFt. ILauderdale, eFlorida, isuka kumhlaza wesibindi. Nangona uTomas ndinamakhaya amane eMelika kunye nendawo yegalufa eSouth Carolina, into yokuba wayehlala eFlorida ngexesha lokusweleka kwakhe yabangela impikiswano yezopolitiko eOhio.
Kwiminyaka embalwa emva kokubhubha kukaThomas, ummeli wombuso eOhio wathi irhafu yelizwe yabangela ukuba abantu abaninzi baseOhio bashiye ilizwe njengoko bekhula, befuna imeko engcono yerhafu kwelinye ilizwe. Emva koko wakhankanya omnye wase-Ohio ngokukodwa.
'UDave Thomas ushiye urhulumente ngokoqobo ebhedini yakhe yokufa ukunqanda irhafu yepropathi, utshilo ummeli wombuso uJay Hottinger kudliwanondlebe nosasazo .
Nangona kunjalo, uphando oluvela kwi-Politifact lubonise ukuba uThomas ngokwenene waseka indawo yokuhlala eFlorida ngo-1982, kumashumi amabini eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba asweleke, esenza ukuba kungathandeki ukuba afuduke kuyo nayiphi na imeko yerhafu e-Ohio. UThomas uqhubeke nokwenza izinto zesisa eOhio, nakwezinye iindawo eUnited States, emva kokufudukela eFlorida.
