Kroc

Ray Kroc

By smsmart
  • birth

    Ray Kroc was born in Oak Park illinois. Oak Park illinois is a village adjacent to the western side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
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    Ray Krocs life

  • Lies Never Hurt...Right

    when he was only 15 Ray Kroc lied about his age to become an ambulance driver for WW1 but right after he finished training the war ended.
  • Ray Kroc was a piano player and a paper cup salesman

    In 1917, He worked as a piano player, a paper cup salesman and a multi-mixer salesman.
  • Ray Kroc Quote

    "None of Us is as Good as All of Us."
    Ray Kroc
  • Ray Kroc Quote

    "The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves."
    Ray Kroc
  • Mcdonald's Bar-B-Q OPENS!!!!!!

    Dick and Mac Mcdonald opens Mcdonalds Bar-B-Q Resteraunt on Fourteen and E street in San Bernardino, California.
  • Ray Kroc Quote

    "If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business."
    Ray Kroc
  • Ray Kroc began a new age in franchising

    Ray Kroc began a new age in franchising when he became the national agent for McDonald's.
  • The first Mcdonalds.

    The very first Mcdonalds opened in Des Plaines, Illinois 1955
  • The first Mcdonalds.

    The very first Mcdonalds opened in Des Plaines, Illinois 1955
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  • Bankrupt!

    Shortly after buying Mcdonalds Ray Kroc ran into a few financial troubles and auctually ended up bankrupt but after a few years he recovered.
  • Total Control

    Ray Kroc buys out Dick and Mack Mcdonald for $2.7million
  • Bought out Mcdonalds brothers

    By the time Kroc bought out the McDonald brothers in 1961 for a mere $2.7 million, he had established 228 restaurants and sales had reached $37 million. By the end of 1963 the company had sold more than one billion hamburgers, an achievement proudly advertised beneath its restaurants’ trademark “golden arches.”
  • 1 billion hamburgurs

    Mcdonalds sells their 1 billionth hamburger
  • Going International

    Mcdonalds goes international first to Canada then Europe
  • Ray Kroc became a hero

    Ray Kroc became a hero for reasons completely unrelated to business. He purchased the San Diego Padres baseball team and prevented them from moving to Washington, D.C.
  • Breakfast at Mcdonalds

    Mcdonalds enters the egg mcmuffin onto the National breakfast menu.
  • 5000 Resaurants

    Mcdonalds 5000th restaurant opens in Kanawaga Japan.
  • Death

    Ray Kroc died in San Diego. San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States of America and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border.
  • A dedicated worker

    Right up until he died on January 14, 1984, Ray Kroc never stopped working for McDonald's. Even when he was confined to a wheelchair, he still went to work in the office in San Diego nearly every day. He would keep a hawk's eye over the McDonald's restaurant near his office, phoning the manager to remind him to pick up the trash, clean his lot, and turn on the lights at night.