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'''Burger King''', based in Miami, Florida, USA, is the world's second largest hamburger chain (behind [[McDonald's]]). It has restaurants in about 65 countries. Started in 1954, Burger King is owned in part by the investment firms [[TPG Capital]], [[Bain Capital]], and [[Goldman Sachs]], each owning about 25% of the company.
<ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/burger-king/--ID__54531--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Burger King Profile], ''Hoovers'', accessed October 2007.</ref>
==Political contributions==
Burger King gave $17,000 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its [[political action committee]] - 9% to [[Democrats]] and 91% to [[Republican Party (USA)|Republicans]].
<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C00368803 2006 PAC Summary Data], ''Open Secrets'', accessed October 2007.</ref>
==Personnel==
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top">Key executives and 2006 pay:
<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=BKC Burger King Key Executives], ''Yahoo Finance'', accessed October 2007.</ref></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">Options<br />exercised</td>
</tr>
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<td>[[John W. Chidsey]], Chief Executive Officer</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$7,950,000</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$0</td>
<tr>
<td>[[Russ Klein]], President of Global Marketing Strategy and Innovation</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$1,990,000</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$2,110,000</td>
</tr>
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<td>[[Anne Chwat]], Secretary and General Counsel</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$1,770,000</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$752,000</td>
</tr>
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<td>[[Peter C. Smith]], Chief Human Resources Officer</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$2,320,000</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$1,880,000</td>
</tr>
</table>
Selected Burger King board members:
<ref>[http://investor.bk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=87140&p=irol-govBoard Board of Directors], Burger King, accessed October 2007.</ref>
*[[Brian Thomas Swette]], Chairman of the Board, Former Chief Operating Officer of [[eBay]]
*[[Andrew B. Balson]], Also Director, [[Bain Capital]], [[Domino's Pizza]] and [[Dunkin' Brands]]
*[[David A. Brandon]], Also Chairman and CEO of Domino’s Pizza, Director of The [[TJX]] Companies
*[[Ronald M. Dykes]], Former Chief Financial Officer for BellSouth Corporation (now part of [[AT&T]])
*[[Peter Raemin Formanek]], Also Director, The [[Sports Authority]], Co-Founder of [[AutoZone]]
*[[Adrian Jones]], Also Managing Director, [[Goldman Sachs]]
*[[Kneeland C. Youngblood]], Also Director, [[Starwood Hotels]] and Resorts
==Contact details==
5505 Blue Lagoon Drive<br>
Miami, FL 33126<br>
Phone: 305-378-3000<br>
Fax: 305-378-7262<br>
Web: http://www.burgerking.com
==References==
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[[Category:Corporations]][[Category:Food]][[Category:Food industry]]
[[Category:United States]]
