As a teen, she worked at a Wendy's burger joint and paid for college by teaching aerobics, piling up credit-card debt and getting loans and grants.

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Peltz merged his holding company, Triarc, with burger chain Wendy's in 2008 and remains a major shareholder and chairman of the group.

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McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King (which parent Diageo (nyse: DEO - news - people ) wants to unload) are bludgeoning one another with ever-cheaper offerings as health-oriented upstarts like Salad Works and Panera Bread (nasdaq: PNRA - news - people ) nip at their heels.

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