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James Whitman McLamore (May 30, 1926 – August 8, 1996) was an American entrepreneur, the founder and first CEO of the Burger King fast food franchise, along with David Edgerton.
On June 1 of the same year, he met fellow restaurateur James McLamore and the two founded the Burger King Corporation. After leaving Burger King, he went on to start Bodega, a steakhouse restaurant.
Apr 16, 2018 · David R. Edgerton, right, with his Burger King partner, James W. McLamore, in the 1960s beside a company plane.
Apr 19, 2018 · David R. Edgerton, a serial entrepreneur who helped turn a South Florida hamburger franchise into Burger King but who came to regret selling the company before it became a whopping fast-food...
By 1954, David Edgerton had become a friend, the friendship had become a business venture, and the business venture had become the Insta-Burger King. “It was a 15-cent burger and shake operation,” recalls Edgerton.
Dec 8, 2018 · Several years later, the idea had grown into several restaurant locations and was picked up by a pair of Cornell University classmates, James McLamore and David Edgerton. Burger King Origins. McLamore and Edgerton started by purchasing one Insta-Burger King franchise in Miami in 1954.
Jan 21, 2020 · McLamore and Edgerton would go on to transform Insta-Burger King into fast-food concept BURGER KING. Edgerton’s frustrations with the equipment used for broiling hamburgers at the time led to the invention of the continuous-chain flame broiler, an idea that changed the future for BK.
