Yum! Brands, Inc., founded in 1997, is the world's largest restaurant company. It operates over 62,000 restaurants across more than 155 countries and territories through its four brands: KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill. The company's annual system sales exceed $65 billion, with digital channel sales surpassing $30 billion, and it opens a new restaurant nearly every two hours.
The company maintains significant technical infrastructure around digital innovation, AI capabilities, and data assets to support its global operations and franchise network of approximately 1,500 franchisees. With over 1 million team members and franchise employees worldwide, Yum! Brands is investing in technology to drive scale and operational efficiency across its portfolio of quick-service and casual dining brands.
Yum! Brands pursues a strategy centered on its People, Food, and Planet pillars. The company has been recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the "Best Companies for Future Leaders" for 2025.