Businesspersons
Wendy Thomas Net Worth
Wendy Thomas's Net Worth as of 2024
$100 Million
Melinda Lou Thomas was born on 14 September 1961, in Columbus, Ohio USA, and is a businesswoman, particularly known for her ownership and sponsorship of Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers chain of restaurants.
So just how rich is Wendy Thomas? The sources state that Wendy Thomas’ net worth is estimated to be an impressive $100 million. The majority of Wendy Thomas’ net worth comes largely from her involvement in the restaurant business.
Wendy Thomas Net Worth $100 Million
Wendy Thomas is a daughter of the American entrepreneur and businessman Rex David Thomas, who is mostly known as the creator of the popular brand “Wendy’s”. During her early years, Wendy Thomas had struggles with pronouncing certain vowels and consonants, which resulted in issues of pronouncing her full name as well. As a result, she was given a nickname of Wendy, a name that would soon become a well-recognized brand all over the United States. Wendy inspired her father to rename one of his restaurants into “Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers” that were later simply shortened to be called “Wendy’s”. Not only was the chain of restaurants named after her, but an official logo for “Wendy’s” was created in the likeness of Wendy Thomas.
Thomas attended the University of Florida, and graduated with a BA in the field of consumerism. Until 1999, Wendy Thomas owned several “Wendy’s” restaurants in the area of Dallas, Texas. When Dave Thomas passed away in 2002, Wendy Thomas together with her family members purchased “Wendy’s” restaurants in the area of Columbus, Ohio. Wendy Thomas’ involvement in her father’s business helped her achieve a nationwide recognition, as well as increase her net worth. Ever since 2010, Wendy Thomas has co-owned approximately 30 “Wendy’s” restaurants and stores in the United States, all of which generated a decent amount of profit.
Wendy Thomas then decided to increase the fame of the restaurants, and began creating advertisements that were played on television. It was Thomas’ first serious on-screen initiative with the “Wendy’s” brand, as prior to that her involvement was only a voice feature in one of her father’s ads. The advertisements for “Wendy’s” restaurants were initially shown in Alabama, Virginia Beach and Las Vegas, and but later spread to the rest of the country.
In 2012, Wendy Thomas launched another series of advertisements for “Wendy’s” called “That’s Wendy’s Way” with a new approach and outlook on the ingredients and service established by her father. Wendy continued to make appearances on screen, and was also a part of a commercial for “Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy Cheeseburger”. In addition to her appearances on advertisements, Wendy Thomas is also an official spokesperson for the “Wendy’s” brand, and is a part of the board of Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
Wendy Thomas is currently a co-owner of one of the largest international fast food restaurant chains; “Wendy’s” currently has over six thousand stores worldwide, and it was stated that in 2006 they made almost $2.5 billion in sales. It is not surprising then that Wendy Thomas’ net worth reaches a remarkable sum of $100 million.
In her personal life, Wendy Thomas was married to Gary Floto until his death in 1999. She is now married to Paul Morse, and they have one child.
Businesspersons
Charles Saatchi Net Worth
Charles Saatchi is one of the richest and best known businessmen in the world and one of many millionaires. Saatchi’s overall net worth has been stated to be $100 million for 2014. Charles Saatchi was born in Baghdad, Iraq, but later had to move together with his family to London, UK to avoid the persecution of Jews in his home country. He was the second son in the family of four kids. As a teenager Charles was really interested in American pop culture and studied at the London College of Communication. After graduation he began his professional career as a copywriter working for “Benton & Bowles” and later started to work in tandem with an art director, Ross Cramer, and together they formed their own company called “CramerSaatchi”.
Charles Saatchi Net Worth $100 Million
They were successful and took-on employees John Hegarty and Heremy Sinclair, but true success came to Charles later. In 1970 Charles Saatchi started his business together with brother Maurice: they established “Saatchi & Saatchi” agency which had become the largest advertising agency in the world by the mid-80’s with just a huge number of high-profile clients like UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and British Airways. However, Charles and Maurice left the agency and together founded another one called “M&C Saatchi”. They took many of their important clients with them, and one of these was British Airways. Nowadays, thanks to his prosperous business, Charles Saatchi has a net worth of $100 million dollars.
To the rest of the world Saatchi is also known as one of the most famous modern art collectors. He purchased his first art work in 1969 – by Sol LeWitt, a minimalist from New York. His passion for paintings only grew, and in 2009 he even published the book “My Name Is Charles Saatchi And I Am An Artoholic” wherein the author answered many questions and even gave some advice about collectibles. But the book didn’t become as popular as Saatchi expected, so the author asked his personal assistant to buy a huge number of books to help his work hit some positions in bestseller charts. Later in 2009 Saatchi appeared on the BBC program “School of Saatchi” and gave many young artists a perfect opportunity to show their talent and showcase artworks: some artists even painted portraits of Saatchi himself. In July 2010 Charles Saatchi donated his Saatchi Gallery to the British public together with 200 works of art.
Saatchi’s personal life has never been very public, but he married his first wife in 1973. He had met Doris Lockhart Dibley in 1965 while working for “Benton & Bowes”. The couple lived together for the six years before marrying, but divorced in 1990. Saatchi’s second wife was Kay Hartenstein to whom he was married from 1990-2001, and they even had a daughter together. Then Saatchi married for the third time in 2003, to English journalist, food writer, gourmet and television personality Nigella Lawson, but after public disagreements, were divorced 2013.
Businesspersons
Mikey Teutul Net Worth
Michael Joseph was born 26 November 1978, in Montgomery, New York State USA, and widely known as Mikey Teutul, is a reality television personality, the youngest son of Orange County Choppers founder Paul Teutul, Sr. Mikey began his working life at 14, in the family business.
So just how rich is Mikey Teutul, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Mikey has a net worth of over $3 million dollars, largely earned by working at his father’s and older brother Paul Jr,’s company Orange County Choppers (OCC), and Orange County Iron Works, and through his TV appearances.
Mikey Teutul Net Worth $3 Million
Little is known of Mikey’s early life or education – it seems to have always revolved around the family business. Helping out his family in his teens, theoretically he worked as Assistant General Manager. but his main duties were to answer ‘phones, and clear-up and take out the trash. He was on rare occasions given the chance to build bikes, until he was competent to build his own. He also attended events for promoting OCC.
In 2002, the family was invited to take part in a reality show, Discovery Channel’s “American Chopper”, and subsequently “American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior”, in the course of which the youngest son was thrown out of the business – the middle son is Daniel, and younger sister Cristin. The reason for Mikey’s exclusion was that Mikey tried to be a mediator between his father and his brother, but his father seemed to be offended that his younger son did not take his side, and so threw him out of the business. During the filming of the show, Mikey was somethoing of a comedy relief to his father’s workers, and that comedy streak helped gain him popularity in TV shows. Mikey then joined his brother’s post-OCC venture, -Paul Jr Designs – along with most of their father’s employees; obviously the work atmosphere with Paul Teutul, Sr. was not a particularly happy one. Mikey’s eldest brother Paul Jr. was the former chief fabricator of OCC.
So actually the main source of Mikey Teutul’s wealth is not his father’s business, but the shows he eventually took part in. These have included ‘The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and also “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. The shows became very popular and Mikey’s appearances earned him a significant amount of money. To say the least, the family drama did not go without consequences – according to rumours, Mikey Teutul was suffering from an addiction problem, and consequently admitted himself to rehab, and managed to overcome the bad habits which were apparently hindering his progress in life, obviously including business.
In his life away from the businesses already referred to and the limelight of TV, Michael loves to paint, and is apparently respected for his productions, as he opened “The Wolfgang Gallery” gallery in Montgomery, New York, where he has sold or auctioned his paintings, adding somewhat to is net worth, although rumours suggest that the gallery may now be closed. Most recently, Mikey is now trying to enter the market under the moniker LLC FarQueue Products with his line of gourmet pasta sauces. Good luck, Mikey!
In his less-than-private personal life, Mikey is apparently still single – there aren’t even any rumours of romantic liaisons.
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