Ray Kroc

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Raymond Kroc

In the 1940s, Ray Kroc was the sole distributor of the multimixer- a machine that could mix up to 5 milkshakes at a time. The McDonald brothers, who had opened a small hamburger stand , were Kroc's best customers. On a visit out to the McDonald's restaurant in 1954, Kroc saw the amazing potential of the business, knowing that the world would love the concept of drive through restaurants with good food and fast service.

In his earlier days, Kroc was also an ambulance driver for the Red Cross, along with his career at the Tulip Paper Company, and playing in a jazz band. Later on in life, he became the owner of the San Diego Padres professional baseball team

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The only way Ethel's father would let her marry Ray was if he held a steady job, so he got one selling paper cups at the Tulip Cup Company and worked there for 17 years

Kroc's mother called him 'Danny Dreamer' because he was always day dreaming His mother gave him piano lessons, and later in life he went on to become a jazz pianist. He played in a band in Paw Paw, Michigan, where he met his future wife, Ethel Flemming

The brother's sold Kroc franchising rights, and in 1961 he bought out the McDonald's brothers for $2,700,000. By 1963 more than 1 billion hamburgers had been sold. Kroc served as the company's president from 1955 to 1968, as chairman of the board from 1968 to 1977, and as a senior chairman from 1977 until his death. Kroc was known for his cleanliness and that obbsession extended into the McDonald's restaurants.

Ray Kroc was born in Oak Park, Illinois on October 2, 1902 and died on January 14, 1984, in San Diego, California

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