It's easy to look at the timeline and assume the Big Mac was cooked up in response to the wildly successful Whopper. According to former McDonald's CEO and driving force Ray Kroc, this is the reality.
Ray Kroc was an American businessman and entrepreneur who had a net worth of $600 million at the time of his death in 1984. That's the same as $1.4 billion today after adjusting for inflation.
There are restaurants all over the world that are willing to sell you a Big Mac and fries ... together to make the now famous 'M'. In 1954 Ray Kroc was a salesman for a company that made milkshake ...
Illuminating biopic of businessman Ray Kroc chronicles his work transforming McDonald's from a small burger chain in 1950s California to a global franchise. Along the way, he wrests control of the ...
In 2024, McDonald's tapped into its fans' nostalgic love of collectible items from its past and released a set of six glasses ...
The way Ray Kroc tells the story ... some 50 miles east of Los Angeles. Kroc sold milkshake machines and Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald were among his best customers. Their restaurant was ...
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Just watched two films about business founders in quick succession. The first was Danny Boyle’s ‘Steve Jobs,’ the second Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc in ‘The Founder’ about the creation of McDonald’s.
John Lee Hancock’s The Founder stars Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the burgermeister who sold McDonald’s sizzle around the ...