| Birth: | Jan. 16, 1917
Upper Sandusky
Wyandot County
Ohio, USA | | Death: | Jan. 11, 2008
Fullerton
Orange County
California, USA | 
Entrepreneur. In 1941, he made a $326 investment in a hot dog stand and turned it into the multimillion-dollar fast food empire known as Carl Jr.'s restaurants. CKE Restaurants Inc., the company Karcher founded, operates 3,052 restaurants in 42 states and 13 countries, employees 62,000 people and has annual sales in excess of $1 billion. In addition to the Carl Jr.'s chain, his company also manages the Green Burrito product marketing plan in the restaurants. Karcher was known in elite circles, counting former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and entertainer Bob Hope as friends. A devout Catholic, he had several audiences with Pope John Paul II, whom knighted him into the Order of Malta, one of the highest honors a layperson can attain. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for Carl Karcher | | | Burial:
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery
Orange
Orange County
California, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 12, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 23916597 |
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