This is the success story of perseverance Colonel Sanders, founder of a successful franchise famous fried chicken KFC. He started this success at the age of 66 years. Retired U.S. army does not have any money except from old age allowance, which is running low. But he has expertise in cooking and food recipes to offer more than 1,000 restaurants in the country. Colonel Harland Sanders is a pioneer of Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC has grown into one of the largest in the industry a fast food franchise in the world.

And Colonel Sanders, and even now the symbol of the spirit of entrepreneurial success. He was born on September 9, 1890 in Henryville, Indiana, but just started actively franchising his chicken business in the age of 65 years. At the age of 6 years old, his father died and his mother was not able to work longer so young Harland had to take care of her brother who was only 3 years old. In this condition she had to cook for her family. In this period he was beginning to show skill.

At the age of 7 years he was a good cook cook in several places. At age 10, he got his first job nearby farm for $ 2 a month. When he was 12 years old his mother remarried, so he left the house where he lived for a job on a farm in Greenwood, Indiana. After that, he was changing jobs for a few years.

First, as parking at the age of 15 years in New Albany, Indiana, and later became a soldier who was sent for 6 months to Cuba. After that he became a fireman, studied law by correspondence, practiced in the courts, insurance, ferry operators, sold tires, and operated service stations.

At the age of 40 years, the Colonel began cooking for people traveling who stopped at his service station in Corbin. Colonel Sanders did not have a restaurant at the time. He presents food in the dining room in the garage. As more people are coming just for food, he moved across the street to a motel and restaurant can accommodate 142 people.

For nearly 9 years he used a recipe made with basic cooking techniques to the present. Sander's image better. Governor Ruby Laffoon reward Kentucky Colonel in 1935 for his contribution to the state of Cuisine. And in 1939, its existence was first listed in Duncan Hines' "Adventures in Good Eating."