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Harmon Dobson

Whataburger

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EVERYONE LOVES IT

They made the best fast food restaurant

He wasn't educated. WHATABURGER. Whataburger, with headquarters in Corpus Christi, is a family operated business that began in 1950. Harmon Dobson was a young entrepreneur who worked in shipbuilding, oil drilling, and diamond trading before settling down into his life's work: Whataburger.

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In May of that same year, he decided to finance Paul Burton in a small, specialized hamburger joint in Texas. The two men decided on Corpus Christi as the location for opening their new venture. His goal was simple: 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!" Dobson was granted the "Whataburger" trademark by the Texas Secretary of State office on June 23, 1950. The first neon sign would flash in four stages: What…A…Burger…Whataburger.

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