Margaret Karcher’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American businessman
Was Businessperson 
Entrepreneur 
From United States of America 
Type Business 
Gender female
Birth 2 March 1915, Big River
Death 6 June 2006, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.A.
(aged 91 years)
Family
Spouse: Carl Karcher

Margaret Magdalen Heinz Karcher (March 2, 1915 – June 6, 2006) was an American fast-food pioneer who co-founded the Carl’s Jr. hamburger chain with her husband Carl Karcher, which in turn now owned by parent company CKE Restaurants.

Karcher and her husband started their first business, a hot dog stand, on July 17, 1941 in Los Angeles, California when they borrowed $311 against their Plymouth automobile and added $15 from Margaret’s purse. The stand initially sold hot dogs and Mexican tamales. On January 16, 1945, they opened their first restaurant, Carl’s Drive-In Barbecue in Anaheim, California. They also opened Carl’s Jr.

Their restaurant quickly grew and they opened several more restaurants, numbering 100 by 1974 and more than 300 by 1981.

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