Fast food giant Yum! Brands will have a new CEO later this year, when CFO Chris Turner will take over the top job from the retiring David Gibbs.

Yum Brands, the fast-food mega corporation based in Louisville, has named a new CEO. On June 13, the Yum Brand Board of Directors unanimously elected Chris Turner to be CEO. Turner will start Oct ...

The appointment of the new CEO comes months after the company announced its KFC headquarters would move from Louisville to Plano. Chris Turner becomes Yum! Brands CEO, replacing David Gibbs.

Yum Brands didn’t have to look far for its new head after CEO David Gibbs announced his retirement last March. The global QSR giant has hired Chris Turner as its new CEO, effective Oct. 1.

Yum Brands, the fast-food mega corporation based in Louisville, has named a new CEO. On June 13, the Yum Brand Board of Directors unanimously elected Chris Turner to be CEO.

Brands when the new CEO takes the helm. Shares of Yum! Brands ( YUM ) are up 4.7% on a year-to-date basis, vs. the +3.0% return for the Dow Jones US Restaurants & Bars Index ( DJUSRU ).

Louisville-based Yum! Brands has named Scott Mezvinsky as its new KFC CEO, effective March 1. Mezvinsky, 49, a 20-year veteran of the company, who currently serves as President of Taco Bell North ...

Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs announced Monday that he plans to retire from the company in the first quarter of 2026. Gibbs, 62, is a 36-year veteran of Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum Brands, which ...

The appointment of the new CEO comes months after the company announced its KFC headquarters would move from Louisville to Plano. Chris Turner becomes Yum! Brands CEO, replacing David Gibbs.

Yum! Brands CEO David Gibbs announced Monday that he plans to retire from the company in the first quarter of 2026. Gibbs, 62, is a 36-year veteran of Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum!