Who is the owner of Wendy‘s?

Wendy‘s is owned by institutional shareholders and individual investors, with Trian Partners as the largest shareholder at 19.4%. Nelson Peltz is the largest individual Wendy‘s shareholder, owning 35.98M shares representing 16.71% of the company. Peltz is one of the co-founders of Trian Partners, all of whom have significant personal holdings in Wendy‘s. Wendy‘s is the third largest hamburger chain in the United States, with 14,000 employees worldwide and serving customers in 29 countries and US territories.