| 5. Dave Thomas: Fast Food Giant. Odilov
Rex David Thomas was born in 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He died at the age of 69 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2002.
Thomas was adopted when he was a baby and as an adult, he was a well-known advocate for adoption. He founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption which is a nonprofit charity that helps find permanent homes for children in foster care in the United States and Canada.
Dave Thomas dropped out of school to work at a restaurant when he was 15 years of age. He calls it the biggest mistake of his life but in 1993 he obtained his GED. He became an advocate for education and founded the Dave Thomas Education Center in Coconut Creek, Florida. The center offers GED classes to young adults.
His biggest achievement was founding the Wendy’s fast food chain that specializes in hamburgers. He was also the chief executive officer. He appeared in more than 800 television commercials for Wendy’s from 1989 to 2002.
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