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Raymond Albert Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American businessman. He bought the fast food company McDonald's in 1961 from the McDonald brothers and was its CEO from 1967 to 1973.
Kroc himself fully appreciated Martino's key role in the company and her loyalty in working long hours for little pay in the early years, rewarding her with an equity interest in the company. Thus, when McDonald's went public in 1965, Martino cashed in $300,000 of her holdings (equivalent to $2.3 million in 2018) and her remaining holdings were ...
Joan Beverly Kroc (née Mansfield, previously Smith; August 27, 1928 – October 12, 2003), also known as Joni, [1] was an American philanthropist and third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc. Early life
1902: Ray Kroc was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on October 5. Ray Kroc was credited with launching McDonald's from a small restaurant to a global fast-food empire. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images
The brothers drew the attention of Ray Kroc, a milkshake mixer salesman for Prince Castle. [11] After they purchased eight of his Multi-Mixers for their San Bernardino, California restaurant, Kroc visited that restaurant in 1954. [12] That year the McDonald brothers hired Kroc as their franchise agent.
Best known for her role as teenage Catherine "Cissy" Davis on the 1960s sitcom "Family Affair," it's been more than 50 years since the world was first introduced to Garver. But her big break came ...
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).
Executive Director of Women for America First Kylie Jane Kremer also commented on the interaction alongside the clip. “Kamala’s ‘husband’ and her step daughter at the DNC,” she wrote.