Ray Kroc - Wikipedia
WEBRaymond Albert Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American businessman. He purchased the fast food company McDonald's in 1961 from the McDonald brothers and was its CEO from 1967 to 1973. Kroc is credited with the global expansion of McDonald's, turning it into the most successful fast food corporation in the world by …
Ray Kroc - McDonald's, Movie & Family - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Ray Kroc was an American entrepreneur best known for expanding McDonald’s from a local chain to the world’s most profitable restaurant franchise operation. Updated: Apr 16, 2021. Photo:...
Ray Kroc | Fast-Food Innovator, McDonald’s Enterprise
WEBRay Kroc (born October 5, 1902, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 14, 1984, San Diego, California) was an American restaurateur and a pioneer of the fast-food industry with his worldwide McDonald’s enterprise. At age 15 Kroc lied about his age in order to join the Red Cross ambulance service on the front lines of World War I.
Cut-Throat Facts About Ray Kroc And The History Of McDonald’s
WEB8. Ego Boost. For many years, McDonald’s celebrated “Founder’s Day” in which they would honor Ray Kroc as the “founder” of McDonald's. In defense of this, the company claims that while the brothers founded the concept and the original restaurant, Kroc was the one who actually founded the company of McDonald's.
The First McDonald's Franchise: How Ray Kroc Got Started 60 ... - TIME
WEBApr 15, 2015 · There are a few plot twists, of course, including the fact that it took Ray Kroc more than half a century to dream his American dream. He was 52 when, on this day, April 15, 60 years ago, he...
How Ray Kroc Became an American Villain - The Atlantic
WEBJan 26, 2017 · How Ray Kroc Became an American Villain. Considered a 20th-century hero by his contemporaries, the story of the McDonald’s mogul gets a 21st-century spin in The Founder. By Adam Chandler. AP....
How McDonald's revolutionised business - BBC
WEB4 February 2020. By Tim Harford,Presenter, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Getty Images. The way Ray Kroc tells the story, when he first encouraged the McDonald brothers to open more...
Ray Kroc and the McDonald's Phenomenon - LiveAbout
WEBSep 23, 2018 · Born in 1902 to parents who were Czechoslovakian immigrants, Ray Kroc rose from humble beginnings, including stints as a paper cup salesman and jazz musician, to become one of Time's "Most Important People of the Century" by building McDonald's into the most famous and successful fast-food restaurant in the world. An Equipment …
RAY A. KROC DIES AT 81; BUILT MCDONALD'S CHAIN
WEBJan 15, 1984 · Ray A. Kroc, the builder of the McDonald's hamburger empire, who helped change American business and eating habits by deftly orchestrating the purveying of billions of small beef patties, died...
Ray Kroc: the wily businessman who made McDonald’s
WEBMar 30, 2016 · Ray Kroc: the wily businessman who made McDonald’s. Michael Keaton is set to star in a biopic of the entrepreneur who introduced the world to the Big Mac, and who – spoiler alert – may not...