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Dobson moved to Texas, where he co-founded the first Whataburger with Paul Burton, who was looking to open a hamburger restaurant. Dobson and Burton's goal was to make a burger that took two hands to hold and that tasted good. In June 1950, Dobson was granted the Whataburger name trademark.
Founded by Harmon Dobson and Paul Burton, it opened its first restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1950. Family-owned by the Dobsons until 2019, the chain is now managed by the private equity firm BDT & MSD Partners; the Dobson family still holds a small stake.
1950 - On Aug. 8, Harmon Dobson opened Whataburger #1 in Corpus Christi, Texas, with Paul Burton, who went on to operate a Whataburger in San Antonio until his death in 1970. 1953 - Joe Andrews Sr. became the first franchisee and opened Whataburger #5 in Alice, Texas.
More than seven decades ago, an adventurous and determined entrepreneur named Harmon Dobson had a bold idea: to serve a burger so big that it took two hands to hold, and so good that after a single bite customers couldn't help but exclaim, “What a burger!”.
Aug 8, 2016 · Harmon Dobson, the founder of Whataburger, was an entrepreneur with the vision of doubling the standard 1950s burger (two ounces of beef on a 2½-inch bun) to a quarter pound of beef on a 5-inch...
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Aug 13, 2008 · Harmon Dobson was a young entrepreneur who worked in shipbuilding, oil drilling, and diamond trading before settling down into his life's work: Whataburger. On New Year's Day in 1950, Dobson wrote in his journal that he believed 1950 would be an eventful year for him.
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In early 1950s, Harmon Dobson and Paul Burton were looking around the city to open a hamburger joint. It was, according to Greg Wooldridge's 'Whataburger: A Tale of a Texas Icon', Mr. Dobson's goal to "make a better burger that took two hands to hold and tasted so good that when you took a bite you would say 'What a burger!'" .
