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At what age did Colonel Harland Sanders first successfully franchise his fried chicken recipe?
Answer
62
Sanders was 62 years old in 1952 when he struck his first franchise deal for what would become Kentucky Fried Chicken, after decades of cooking and selling chicken from a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky.
💡 Did you know?
Colonel Sanders was rejected over 1,000 times before KFC succeeded; he was 62 when he franchised his first restaurant.
Other options people guess
- 45
- 55
- 70
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- franchising
- kfc
- entrepreneurship
- colonel-sanders
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