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...

Joni, was an American philanthropist and third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc. Joan Beverly Mansfield was born on August 27, 1928, in West St. Paul,...

Hancock and written by Robert Siegel. Starring Michael Keaton as businessman Ray Kroc, the film depicts the story of his creation of the McDonald's fast-food...

The Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers, or Kroc Centers, is a group of community centers run by the Salvation Army. The centres have been funded by...

food. After hiring Ray Kroc as their franchise agent in 1954, they continued to run the company until they were bought out by Kroc in 1961. The McDonald...

The Downey stand is the oldest surviving McDonald's restaurant. In 1954, Ray Kroc, a seller of Prince Castle brand Multimixer milkshake machines, learned...

logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and in 1961 bought...

bodybuilder and powerlifter Joan Kroc (1929–2003), American philanthropist Ray Kroc (1902–1984), American founder of McDonald's People with the surname Krock...

franchised by Richard and Maurice McDonald, before the involvement of Ray Kroc in the company. The restaurant is the oldest one in the chain still in...

president of finances at Tastee-Freez, Sonneborn approached Ray Kroc with the concept of Kroc owning the land that McDonald outlets were to be built on...

plot in this same movie, Fred Turner has a much larger presence, during Ray Kroc's successful attempts to open up McDonald's restaurants in the Twin Cities...

10, 1917 – January 29, 2005) was an American businesswoman who became Ray Kroc's bookkeeper in 1948 and ultimately rose to Corporate Secretary, Treasurer...

the former McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, US, opened by Ray Kroc in April 1955. The company usually refers to this as The Original McDonald's...

Academy Award-winning film Spotlight, and in 2016, he starred as businessman Ray Kroc in the biopic The Founder. On July 28, 2016, Keaton was honored with the...

14 Saad Haddad, Lebanese military officer and militia leader (b. 1936) Ray Kroc, American entrepreneur (b. 1902) January 17 – George Rigaud, Argentinian...

various locations, but primarily those made by the Taylor Company. In 1956, Ray Kroc, who would soon become the founding owner-operator of the McDonald's franchise...

brought in by Ray Kroc, who purchased McDonald's in 1961. Kroc made a deal with Groen: they would sell two non-meat sandwiches on a Friday, Kroc's Hula Burger...

mid-1980s, as well as in 1998, when Joan B. Kroc, philanthropist and wife of McDonald's financier Ray Kroc, endowed USD with a gift of $25 million for...

Smith, based on the life of McDonald's fast food restaurants' founder Ray Kroc. In August 2016, Barbra Streisand released the album Encore: Movie Partners...

1984, the Padres added the initials "RAK" on the left sleeve in honor of Ray Kroc, who had owned the team since 1974. In 1985, the Padres switched to using...

of the well-known Kroc family (humanitarians, philanthropist, former owners of San Diego Padres baseball team, as well as Ray Kroc's position as C.E.O...

lawsuits, and Smith instead sold the team to McDonald's co-founder Ray Kroc for $12 million. Kroc was well-financed and firmly committed to keeping the Padres...

structure. The sandwich was invented in 1972. Former McDonald's President Ray Kroc wrote that Herb Peterson and his assistant, Donald Greadel, the operator...

Burnett Willis Carrier Walt Disney Henry Ford Bill Gates Amadeo Giannini Ray Kroc Estée Lauder William Levitt Lucky Luciano Louis B. Mayer Charles E. Merrill...

"Pal" Barger, attended a National Restaurant Convention in Chicago and met Ray Kroc and Fred Turner, observing the construction and equipment they used for...

the Arizona Summer League. The stadium serves as the main field of the Ray Kroc Baseball Complex. The stadium was built for the 1970 spring training season...

be seen lounging on the beach without a hat to shield them from the sun's rays. The Chanel influence made sun bathing fashionable.: 138–39  The Broadway...

Post-War America, visionaries like Harland Sanders, the McDonald brothers and Ray Kroc battle to revolutionize the restaurant industry, and pave the way for the...

to a few core items, but since acquisition of controlling interest by Ray Kroc McDonald's has experimented with a number of different offerings on the...

Nationals. "Daughter of Joan Kroc : Linda Smith Plans to Divorce Padres' Boss". Los Angeles Times. February 19, 1987. "Ray Kroc, San Diego Padres Owner and...