Glenn Bell Jr, the founder of the Taco Bell food chain died at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California at the age of 86 on January 17, 2010.
In 1948, Bell opened his first restaurant called Bell's Drive-In after seeing the success of MacDonald's. He felt California was the ideal place to take advantage of America's car culture by beginning to serve hot-dogs and hamburgers through a drive-in window.
He opened several other restaurants in the state before launching Taco Bell in 1962. He started selling franchises in 1964 before selling his 868 Taco Bell restaurants in 1978 to PepsiCo for $125 million in stock.
Taco Bell was later purchased by Yum!Brands and now serves over 37 million orders weekly in 5,600 locations across America.
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