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Wendy’s International, LLC

An American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006.

Starting out as a single restaurant in Columbus, Ohio in 1969 and rew into one of the largest restaurant chains in the U.S. While there are well over 6,000 Wendy's locations open for business in the U.S. in 2024, only a few hundred of those are company-owned. Wendy's announced plans to close down more than 100 of its outlets in 2024.

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Leadership & Staff

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Scott A Kriss

• SVP Chief Accounting & Tax Off (Nov '14→?)

Robert D Wright

• COO Designate (Dec '13→?)

Liliana Esposito

• Chief Communications Officer (Jun '14→?)

R Scott Toop

• SVP, Gen Counsel & Sec (Jan '12→?)

Craig S Bahner

• Chief Marketing Officer (Apr '12→?)

Scott A Weisberg

• Chief People Officer (May '12→?)

John N Peters

• SVP - North America Operations (Jun '12→?)

Stephen E Hare

• CFO [+1]

• SVP

Nils H Okeson

• Secretary [+2]

• General Counsel

• SVP

Steven B Graham

• Chief Accounting Officer [+1]

• SVP

Owners

Edward P Garden Founding partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P.

• major shareholder

Peter W May president and founding partner, Trian Partners

• major shareholder

Nelson Peltz Billionaire investor; CEO and founding partner of Trian Fund Management

• major shareholder

Board Members

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Joseph A Levato Board of Directors - Wendy's Int.

• Director ('96→?)

Kenneth W. Gilbert Board of Directors at Wendy's

• Director ('17→?)

Matthew H Peltz Trian Partners

• Director ('15→?)

Mich J Mathews-Spradlin Board of Directors - Wendy's

• Board Member (Feb '15→?)

Dennis M Kass Board member of Wendy's Int.

• Director ('15→?)

Peter Rothschild Board of Directors, Wendy's

• Board Member (Jun '10→?)

Kristin A Dolan Founder & CEO, 605 LLC

• Board member ('17→?)

Peter W May president and founding partner, Trian Partners

• Director

Arthur B Winkleblack Board Member of Wendy's International; former EVP and CFO, H J Heinz

• Director ('16→?)

Nelson Peltz Billionaire investor; CEO and founding partner of Trian Fund Management

• Director

Parents

Wendy’s Restaurants, LLC Holding company

• parent