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  2. The Founder - Wikipedia

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    The Founder is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert Siegel.Starring Michael Keaton as businessman Ray Kroc, the film depicts the story of his creation of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain, which eventually involved forcing out the company's original founders to take control with conniving ruthlessness.

  3. Lionel Rosenblatt - Wikipedia

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    In 1982-1983, Rosenblatt was selected for a sabbatical leave by the Una Chapman Cox Foundation. [16] He devoted his sabbatical to assisting Indochinese refugees. The 1990 made-for-television movie, "Last Flight Out" had a character named "Larry Rose" based on Rosenblatt. The movie dramatized Rosenblatt's visit to Saigon in April 1975. [17]

  4. Ray Kroc - Wikipedia

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    Kroc also focused on aggressive expansion, opening new restaurants across the United States and eventually in other countries as well. He became the owner of McDonald's Corporation in 1961 and was credited as its founder. [5] After retiring from McDonald's, he owned the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1974 until his death ...

  5. McDonald's - Wikipedia

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    The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant is the third one built, opened in 1953. It is located at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. at Florence Ave. in Downey, California (at . Siblings Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California, on May 15, 1940.

  6. Harry J. Sonneborn - Wikipedia

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    McDonald's present-day real estate holdings represent $37.7Bn on its balance sheet, about 99% of the company's assets and about 35% of its global revenue. [ 5 ] Kroc appointed Sonneborn as McDonald's first president and chief executive officer in 1959, which he held until he resigned in 1967, due to falling out with Kroc.

  7. San Ysidro McDonald's massacre - Wikipedia

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    The San Ysidro McDonald's massacre was a mass murder, which occurred at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California, on July 18, 1984.The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper approximately 77 minutes after he had first opened fire.

  8. Donald N. Smith - Wikipedia

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    Donald Nickerson Smith (born 1940) is a restaurant executive for McDonald's, Burger King and other fast food franchise restaurants in the latter half of the 20th century. ...

  9. Den Fujita - Wikipedia

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    In December 2003, McDonald's paid $57 million (estimated) for canceling its contract with Fujita & Co. (Fujita's consulting company) along with a $24 million retirement bonus. Fujita's family held a 25% stake in McDonald's Japan until selling it to Longreach private equity fund in 2005. At the time the shares had a market value of $674 million.