Joey Wat
Tuesday, 11 Jan 2022 18:00 pm
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- Joey Wat has served as CEO of Yum China since 2018. With more than 10,000 restaurants in its portfolio, it's the largest restaurant company in China.
- She first joined the company as president of KFC China in 2014 after spending the prior ten years of her career with the U.K's Watson Group.
- Wat has an MBA from the Kellogg School; after graduating, she went on to work as a consultant, including spending time at McKinsey, for seven years.
- In December 2020, Wat said that digital payments are 97% of Yum's business, between kiosk, online, and delivery.
- "I'm a mom," she told Forbes Asia in 2019. "Nothing is more important than childcare. Not even my job."