LEXINGTON, Ky. (Blue MauMau) - A survey provided to Blue MauMau by food industry analyst Technomic shows the largest quick service restaurant brands by revenue have developed much more than their fair share of the wealthiest franchise owners.

Out of 400 of the largest franchise owners, how rich are these franchisees?

Very.

The largest franchise owner, NPC International, Inc., owns some 816 Pizza Huts. Their franchise recorded revenues in 2007 of $602 million. The tenth largest among the list of the top 400 restaurant franchisees had revenues approaching $300 million.

The franchising firm that can claim that it births more of the richest franchisees than anyone else is Louisville-based Yum Brands. Some 150 of the country's top 400 franchise owners by revenue are from Yum. That is over one in three of the country's biggest franchise owners. Not a few franchisors would like to know what is in that secret formula that is growing such large franchisees.

Private equity firm Triarc can boast systems that nurture the second largest batch of the super rich with its double brands of Wendy's and Arby's.

The slide show below presents the top 10.