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Ray Kroc
American entrepreneur who developed McDonald’s franchising system and turned the regional restaurant business into a global fast-food company.
Franchise growth
Ray Kroc sold Multimixer equipment before visiting the McDonald brothers’ restaurant in California. Recognizing the potential to standardize and expand the operation, he opened a franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955 and bought the company in 1961.
Scaling a global brand
Kroc emphasized repeatable operations, real-estate expansion and disciplined franchise growth, helping McDonald’s become a global restaurant business. His birth date and Oak Park birthplace are confirmed by Astro-Databank and Biography.com; no sourced birth time is available.
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