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Yum Brands CEO Gibbs to retire in 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Global Banking & Finance Review®
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs will retire in 2026. The board is forming a succession committee to find his replacement, with Gibbs leading until then.
(Reuters) -KFC parent Yum Brands said on Monday CEO David Gibbs has informed the board of his intention to retire from the company next year.
Gibbs, who joined the company in 1989 as an executive for Taco Bell, took on the role of Yum's chief executive officer in January 2020.
The board has established a succession planning committee to appoint the company's next CEO, the company said.
Gibbs will continue to lead the company throughout the search process until his retirement, expected in the first quarter of 2026.
(Reporting by Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta and Shilpi Majumdar)
The main topic is the announced retirement of Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs in 2026 and the succession planning process.
David Gibbs is the CEO of Yum Brands, having joined the company in 1989 as an executive for Taco Bell.
Yum Brands is the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, and other fast-food brands.
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