Who Is Ray Kroc? How McDonald’s Was Began and Turned an Empire

• McDonald’s is among the many most iconic and profitable manufacturers worldwide.
• Ray Kroc, a Multimixer salesman, stumbled upon the unique McDonald’s brothers’ burger restaurant in 1954.
• Kroc grew to become McDonald’s first franchisee and remodeled the restaurant into a world empire.

The McDonald brothers opened their small restaurant in 1940 with a easy menu: burgers, fries, and drinks like their “Triple Thick Milkshakes.”

Ray Kroc, a Multimixer salesman, noticed the restaurant’s potential and have become McDonald’s first franchise agent.

In 1955, Kroc based McDonald’s System, Inc., which might later turn out to be the McDonald’s Company. He purchased out the brothers in 1961 for $2.7 million, the equal of about $28.5 million as we speak.

This is a timeline displaying how Ray Kroc constructed McDonald’s from a small burger joint to a world fast-food empire.