Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc Raymond Albert Kroc actually ( born October 5, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois, † January 14, 1984 in San Diego, California ) was the founder of McDonald 's Corporation. The son of Czech immigrants, nicknamed "the Hamburger King" was included in the " list of 100 most influential people of the 20th century," the Time magazine. He collected during his lifetime to a fortune of 500 million U.S. dollars.

Life

As Kroc founded the McDonald 's Corporation with a restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, was not he the one who sold the hamburger. Early 1950s was a Kroc milkshake machine salesman who passed through the land to bring his kitchen accessories to the people. He heard of the brothers Richard " Dick" and Maurice "Mac" McDonald, who used eight of his machines in their restaurant California Diner in San Bernardino.

With the hope to benefit from the success of the brothers to Kroc -bought the franchising rights to open his own McDonald's restaurant. The milk shakes, fries and hamburgers were just a hit in California as in Illinois. In 1961 he bought the entire McDonald Group for 2.7 million dollars and opened restaurants around the world. In 1977 he wrote his autobiography Grinding It Out. Ray Kroc died in 1984.

Reception

British musician Mark Knopfler wrote on the basis of Ray Kroc's success story the song Boom, Like That, which can be found on his album " Shangri -la ".

• Americans
• Entrepreneurs ( food industry )
• Fast food
• Author
• McDonald's
• Born in 1902
• Died in 1984
• Man