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  2. Who Invented McDonald’s? The Story Behind the Fast Food Empire

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    McDonald's, the global fast-food powerhouse, was invented by Richard and Maurice McDonald, two enterprising brothers from California and it has been instrumental in popularizing the fast-food culture, making quick-service meals a ubiquitous part of modern life.

  3. History of McDonald's - Wikipedia

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    The American fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's was founded in 1940 by the McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice, and has since grown to the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue. [1] The McDonald brothers began the business in San Bernardino, California where the brothers set out to sell their barbecue.

  4. McDonald's - Wikipedia

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    McDonald's Corporation, doing business as McDonald's, is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

  5. McDonald’s History

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    Discover the McDonald's company history from when the first McDonald's open to when the first Happy Meal was served to the McDonald's logo evolution.

  6. Ray Kroc - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Ray Kroc - McDonald's, Movie & Family - Biography

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    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.

  8. The Story of How McDonald’s First Got Its Start | Smithsonian

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    Ray Kroc was peddling franchises around the country for a fledgling hamburger stand in the 1950s—McDonald’s, it was called—when he entered a St. Paul supper club and encountered a beautiful...

  9. Ray Kroc's first McDonald's Restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois is restored to its original form and reopens on May 21, 1985 as the McDonald's #1 Restaurant Museum. Courtesy of McDonald’s ...

  10. 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.

  11. How McDonald’s Beat Its Early Competition and Became an ... - ...

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    New Hampshire brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the very first McDonald's on April 15, 1955, in San Bernardino, California. Their tiny drive-in bore little resemblance to today’s...