Meet Catherine Tan-Gillespie, who started washing dishes at 13 for £1.20 an hour; years later, she became KFC's US president - The Economic Times
Catherine Tan-Gillespie is the president of KFC'S US business. At 13, she started washing dishes at Beefeater, a now-defunct British restraint chain and earned £1.20 an hour. She later worked at the ice cream machine and eventually became an assistant general manager at the restraint chain. She is the first person in her family to attend college.