Ray Kroc 10 a Mrt Margus Raymond Ray
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Ray Kroc 10 a Märt Margus
Raymond "Ray" Albert Kroc • October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984 • Kroc was a Czech American businessman who took over the small-scale Mc. Donald’s Corporation franchise in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world • He also owned a baseball team called San Diego Padres (starting 1974)
Early life • Borned in Chicago in 1902 • Had alot of jobs before he became rich starting whit: paper cup seller to band member • Became a multi-mixer milkshake machine salesman, traveling around the world
The birth of Mc. Donalds • He partnered whit the Mc. Donald brothers, afther the few years he bought the fast food chain from them ($2, 7 million dollars) • He invented a many new meals what became popular (hulaburger – whit pineapple slices) Ray Kroc became a very rich man
Hulaburger and Ray Kroc biography
Kroc’s death and personal life • Died of heart failure in January 14, 1984 at the age of 81 • Kroc was married 3 times • Toward the end of his life, Kroc used a mobility aid to get around, an Amigo mobility vehicle (sometimes referred to as a Li'l Rascal)
Kroc’s highest moments • Kroc was included in Times 100: The Most Important People of the Century and amassed a $500 million fortune during his lifetime. • The former Dire Straits released a song about Ray Kroc on his 2004 album Shangli-La. It was inspired by Ray Kroc's autobiography Grinding it out and the starting of Mc. Donald's, using many of Mr. Kroc's exact words: "Kroc style, boom like that. "