KFC’s president started washing dishes at 13 but dreamt of being the ‘female Richard Branson’—so she quit jobs that wouldn’t embrace her personality

Catherine Tan-Gillespie took the helm of KFC U.S. last year—but she didn’t get there by playing it safe. Rather than chasing fancy titles or splashy paychecks throughout her career, she’s gravitated toward jobs that pushed her out of her comfort zone, forced her to take risks, and taught her to embrace a little chaos. “I wasn’t chasing money, I wasn’t chasing title,” Tan-Gillespie, 52, told Fortune . “I was chasing opportunities that put me in the learning zone as opposed to in the comfort zone—and tried to keep me out of the panic zone.” Tan-Gillespie grew up in a middle-class…

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