Raykroc

Ray Kroc & McDonald's

By CooperISuper

  • Ray Kroc was born

    Ray Kroc was born
    In Oak Park, IL

  • MEDIC!

    MEDIC!
    At 15 Kroc trained to become an ambulance driver during WWI and made friends with Walt Disney who was also getting trained.

  • Ray Kroc's 1st Marriage

    Ray Kroc's 1st Marriage
    Ray was originally married to Ethel Fleming in 1922

  • McDonald's Systems, Inc.

    McDonald's Systems, Inc.
    Ray Kroc founds "McDonald's Systems, Inc.", as a legal structure for his planned franchises.

  • The date and place that McDonald's began

    The date and place that McDonald's began
    Kroc opens the ninth McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, in suburban Chicago on April 15.

  • Ray Kroc seeks a different spouse

    Ray Kroc seeks a different spouse
    1957, Kroc met Joan ("Joni") Smith. Kroc proposed that Smith and he get divorces so that they could marry each other. Joni was planning to at first and changed her mind.

  • First marriage ends

    First marriage ends
    Years after being married to Ethel Fleming and having a his daughter Marilyn Kroc, he broke it off with Ethel in 1961.

  • Wedding Bells ring again

    Wedding Bells ring again
    Married Jane Dobbins Green in 1962, divorced 1969

  • And AGAIN!

    And AGAIN!
    Third wedding: Married Joni Smith in 1969 and remained married to her until his death

  • Ray Kroc's life comes to a close

    Ray Kroc's life comes to a close
    He lived to be 81.

  • McDonald's - Money maker

    McDonald's - Money maker
    McDonald's net worth is $92.5 billion