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    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...
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  • 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,...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    The Downey stand is the oldest surviving McDonald's restaurant. In 1954, Ray Kroc, a seller of Prince Castle brand Multimixer milkshake machines, learned...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • bodybuilder and powerlifter Joan Kroc (1929–2003), American philanthropist Ray Kroc (1902–1984), American founder of McDonald's People with the surname Krock...
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