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Raymond Albert Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American businessman, widely regarded as the "Founder of McDonald's" for his role in turning the singular hamburger stand into the most successful global fast food corporation by revenue.
The Kroc Center in San Francisco, California, broke ground in June 2006, and the Kroc Center in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center: A Center for Worship and Education, broke ground in 2007. The San Francisco Kroc Center received $53 million (equivalent to $99 million in 2023).
Ray Kroc transformed a small family-owned burger stand into McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food empire.
Kroc bought the company in 1961 for $2,700,000 (equivalent to $28,400,000 in 2024), calculated so as to ensure each brother received $1,000,000 (equivalent to $10,500,000 in 2024) after taxes. [ 15 ] At the closing, Kroc became annoyed that the brothers would not transfer to him the real estate and rights to the original San Bernardino location.
AP. By the late 1960s, McDonald's had ditched the two-arch design, with the golden arches appearing instead on signs. This is the era in which Ray Kroc had taken over the business and was swiftly ...
WWII sees competing industrial empires joining the war effort in a united front to fuel the forces fighting abroad. In Post-War America, visionaries like Harland Sanders, the McDonald brothers and Ray Kroc battle to revolutionize the restaurant industry, and pave the way for the golden age of the American dream.
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.
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