In its most recent proxy filing, Yum! Brands — which owns KFC — reported that its CEO David Novak is required by an “executive security program” to use the company’s private jet for all business and personal travel.
Said travel cost the company $72,493 in 2003 and $67,581 in 2004.
Novak has had a number of confrontations with animal rights extremists, including a German incident in which an animal rights activist threw fake blood on Novak.
Sources:
Yum! Fly With Me. Restaurant Business, March 24, 2005.
Yum CEO is required to take corporate jet. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), March 6, 2005.