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Ray Kroc

Born

in Oak Park, Illinois, The United States

October 05, 1902

Died

January 14, 1984

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Raymond Albert Kroc, popularly known as Ray Kroc, was an American businessman, who brought about a revolution in the fast food industry, making McDonald’s the biggest fast food chain in the world.

Once referred to by Harvard Business School as “the service sector’s equivalent of Henry Ford”, Kroc but had a modest beginning. Initially, he sold various items such as paper cups, milkshake mixers before coming in contact with McDonald brothers, who ran a small but popular fast food joint in California, at the age of 51.

Subsequently he acquired the franchise of small-scale McDonald’s Corporation, he transformed it into one of the most successful fast food operations in the world. Ray Croc eventually bought the company, at the age of 59. He also u ...more

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	Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's 4.01 avg rating — 8,898 ratings — published 1977 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	50 Success Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon (Goodreads Author), Richard Davidson (Narrator), Horatio Alger Jr. (Contributor) 4.07 avg rating — 785 ratings — published 2004 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	5 American Business Biographies: Sam Walton, Walt Disney, Howard Schultz, Ray Kroc, and Phil Knight by Thomas Stewart, Jonathan Waters (Narrator), Sam Walton (Contributor) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McDonald's Corporation it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grinding it Out : The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc, Robert Anderson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Empire Mc Donald +MacDonald : La fabuleuse aventure du milliardaire du hamburger 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter Handwritten and signed by Raymond A. Kroc. Includes an additional autograph of Ray A. Kroc. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grinding It Out (Mass Market Paperback)--by Ray Kroc [1990 Edition] by Robert Anderson, Ray Kroc, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Luck is the dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”
― Ray Kroc

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“The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
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“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
― Ray Kroc

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