We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way.

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On January 16 2007 which was his 90th birthday Karcher and his deceased wife Margaret were recognized with the placement of a star on the Anaheim/Orange County Walk of Stars. Leo Karcher's grandparents immigrated from Belgium; Anna Maria Kuntz was of German ancestry. Their son Jerome T.

Carl Nicholas Karcher SMOM (January 16 1917 – January 11 2008) was an American businessman founder of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain now owned by parent company CKE Restaurants Inc.