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Looking for the next CEO for your restaurant chain? Try mining the ranks at Yum Brands .

The restaurant conglomerate, which owns Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell and reported quarterly results Tuesday , has supplied rival eateries with CEOs for decades. Between its globally recognized chains, massive international footprint and company culture, Yum has quietly become an incubator for future industry leaders.

"They have such a strong focus on leadership development, and in the past couple of decades, they have had very, very strong CEOs who have led very much 'people first' or 'culture first,'" said Sarah Lockyer, chief brand officer of The Elliot Group, an executive search firm.

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