3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide
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3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide is a global fast-food holding company, controlled by private equity firm 3G Capital, that owns and operates the Burger King brand and expanded its portfolio by acquiring Tim Hortons.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7226587 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide Context triple: [Tim Hortons, acquiredBy, 3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide]
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A.
NextGear Capital
NextGear Capital is a financial services company that provides inventory financing and related solutions primarily to automotive dealers and other vehicle-based businesses.
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B.
KPS Capital Partners
KPS Capital Partners is a private equity firm known for acquiring and restructuring industrial and manufacturing businesses.
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C.
RedBird Capital Partners
RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm known for its significant stakes in major sports, media, and entertainment properties.
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D.
Bain Capital
Bain Capital is a prominent private investment firm based in Boston, known for its leveraged buyouts, private equity, and alternative asset management activities worldwide.
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E.
Thoma Bravo
Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm known for acquiring and growing software and technology companies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide Target entity description: 3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide is a global fast-food holding company, controlled by private equity firm 3G Capital, that owns and operates the Burger King brand and expanded its portfolio by acquiring Tim Hortons.
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A.
NextGear Capital
NextGear Capital is a financial services company that provides inventory financing and related solutions primarily to automotive dealers and other vehicle-based businesses.
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B.
KPS Capital Partners
KPS Capital Partners is a private equity firm known for acquiring and restructuring industrial and manufacturing businesses.
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C.
RedBird Capital Partners
RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm known for its significant stakes in major sports, media, and entertainment properties.
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D.
Bain Capital
Bain Capital is a prominent private investment firm based in Boston, known for its leveraged buyouts, private equity, and alternative asset management activities worldwide.
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E.
Thoma Bravo
Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm known for acquiring and growing software and technology companies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fast-food company
ⓘ
holding company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| acquired | Tim Hortons ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| backedBy | 3G Capital ⓘ |
| brandPortfolio |
Burger King
ⓘ
Tim Hortons ⓘ |
| brandType | global fast-food brand ⓘ |
| businessModel |
company-operated restaurants
ⓘ
franchising ⓘ |
| controlledBy | 3G Capital ⓘ |
| controls |
Burger King franchise system
ⓘ
Tim Hortons franchise system ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn | quick-service restaurants ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Miami, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
fast food
ⓘ
restaurant ⓘ |
| majorShareholder | 3G Capital ⓘ |
| notableAcquisition | Tim Hortons ⓘ |
| operatesBrand | Burger King ⓘ |
| owns |
Burger King Worldwide, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Burger King
|
| ownsBrand | Burger King ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf |
Burger King Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Burger King
Tim Hortons Inc. ⓘ
linked to:
Tim Hortons
|
| portfolioIncludes | Tim Hortons ⓘ |
| sector | consumer services ⓘ |
| strategicOwner | 3G Capital ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide Description of subject: 3G Capital-backed Burger King Worldwide is a global fast-food holding company, controlled by private equity firm 3G Capital, that owns and operates the Burger King brand and expanded its portfolio by acquiring Tim Hortons.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.