Kroc, Ray
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 5 October 1902 | ||
| Place | Oak Park IL, USA, 41n53, 87w47 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   11°33'   or 
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Biography
American entrepreneur of the fast food business who opened his first McDonald's hamburger store in Des Plaines, IL in 1955, after working as a multi-mixer salesman for 17 years. Six years later he bought out the McDonald brothers for $2.7 million. The company opened it's 1,000th restaurant in 1968, reaching out to Europe and Australia in 1971.
Ray Kroc died on 1/14/1984 in San Diego, CA.
Events
- Work : Start Business 1955 at 12:00 midnight in Des Plaines, IL (Opened the first McDonald's)
- Death, Cause unspecified 14 January 1984 at 12:00 noon in San Diego, CA (Age 81)
- Work : Gain social status 1968 (Opened it's 1000th store)
- Work : Begin Major Project 1971 (Expanding into Europe and Australia)
Source Notes
LMR quotes media for date; time unknown
Categories
- Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur (McDonald's)
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Sales (Initially)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches
