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John Young Brown Jr. (December 28, 1933 – November 22, 2022) was an American politician and entrepreneur from Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, and built Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
25 de nov. de 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr., a born salesman who became a multimillionaire by transforming Kentucky Fried Chicken into a global brand and then sold himself to voters in a six-week TV blitz to become...
22 de nov. de 2022 · CNN — John Y. Brown Jr., the former Democratic governor of Kentucky, has died at age 88. Brown will perhaps be remembered best as a restaurant magnate who built Kentucky Fried Chicken into...
John Y. Brown Jr., a onetime owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken who parlayed his fast-food fortune into a dramatic rise in Kentucky politics, winning one term as governor shortly after...
23 de nov. de 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr. was a businessman and politician who built KFC into a fast-food empire and was elected governor of Kentucky in 1979. He died at 88 on November 21, 2022, and received tributes from former colleagues and fans.
22 de nov. de 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr., who became Kentucky’s governor after building empires in business and sports, has died. He was 88. Brown’s family said in a release Tuesday that “every day was an...
22 de nov. de 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr., the dashing multimillionaire who built Kentucky Fried Chicken into an international success, then won Kentucky’s governorship in a whirlwind campaign with his celebrity...
