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9 de mar. de 2023 · Dave Thomas had an unorthodox childhood. He was adopted as a baby, but his adoptive mother died when he was 5 years old. His adoptive father, Rex, moved him from town to town, which caused Thomas to say later that he never felt like he belonged anywhere. In just one decade, he lived in at least 12 different places.
Remembering Dave. Dave’s passion to succeed – the right way – drove Wendy’s growth. He felt good knowing his love of hamburgers created jobs for other people and gave them the opportunity to make their own dreams come true. That was Dave’s way. He asked from others no more than he demanded of himself – the best they could give.
On November 15, 1969, Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. His boyhood dream was coming true. After trying all five of his children's names for the restaurant, Dave decided on his daughter Melinda's nickname - Wendy. This nickname stemmed from the fact that her siblings couldn’t ...
8 de ene. de 2002 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Dave Thomas, the portly pitchman whose homespun ads built Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers into one of the world's most successful fast-food enterprises, has died. He was 69 ...
El fundador de Wendy’s, Dave Thomas, nació en Nueva Jersey en 1932 y murió en enero de 2002. Te invitamos a leer su biografía y la historia de su legado, desde la fundación del primer Wendy’s en Ohio en 1969, hasta el establecimiento de la Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (Fundación Dave Thomas para la Adopción). Dave Thomas as a ...
The Early Years. Dave was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 2, 1932. Rex and Auleva Thomas adopted him when he was six weeks old. When Dave was five, Auleva died and his early years were spent moving many times from state to state while his adoptive father sought work. Dave's fondest childhood memories were summers spent in Michigan ...
Well Done by Dave Thomas. Dave received numerous awards and accolades for his business success and his altruism, but it was his role on Wendy’s TV commercials that cemented him firmly in the minds of consumers as an American folk hero. For 13 years, Dave’s honest, “just be nice” attitude and down-to-earth personality won over the hearts ...
