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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ray_KrocRay Kroc - Wikipedia

    Raymond 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.

  3. Apr 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.

  4. Aug 4, 2016 · Born on October 5, 1902, Ray Kroc (pictured below, left) lied about his age to serve in World War I as a Red Cross ambulance driver. He started training in 1917 when he was only 15 and was sent to France in 1918.

  5. Sep 13, 2024 · Ray 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.

  6. Apr 15, 2015 · His years of selling paper cups and milkshake machines played a key role in his success, according to the French chef Jacques Pepin, who called Kroc “the ultimate salesman” in a 1998 profile for...

  7. Jan 26, 2017 · Kroc would go on to famously mastermind the franchising system, turning McDonald’s from a San Bernardino sapling into an American roadside staple and, eventually, the world’s...

  8. www.encyclopedia.com › business-leaders › ray-krocRay Kroc - Encyclopedia.com

    May 23, 2018 · KROC, RAYMOND ALBERT. Raymond Albert Kroc (1902 – 1984)had the energy, the salesmanship, and the inspiration to build the greatest international restaurant chain empire in the world, McDonald's Corporation. He was a genuine pioneer of the modern fast-food restaurant business.

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