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At the time of his death in 1984, Kroc was personally worth more than $600 million and McDonald’s was taking in $8 billion, globally, per year. If nothing else, the man knew how to make money. Getty Images
The total system-wide sales of its restaurants were more than $8 billion in 1983, and his personal fortune amounted to some $600 million. [4]
Dec 2, 2017 · The limited menu included French fries and hamburgers that cost 10 cents. It was this location that would impress Ray Kroc, the man who would eventually buy out the brothers, deem himself the “founder,” and grow McDonald’s into the world-wide billion-dollar behemoth it is today.
Apr 15, 2015 · McDonald's reaches 11 Billion served in 1972. Courtesy of McDonald’s Corporation. Ray Kroc's first McDonald's Restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois is restored to its original form and reopens on...
By the time Kroc died, three decades later, McDonald's had thousands of restaurants bringing in billions of dollars. Which goes to show that successful entrepreneurs are not all the same.
Oct 1, 2024 · By the end of 1963 the company had sold more than one billion hamburgers, an achievement proudly advertised beneath its restaurants’ trademark “golden arches.” At the time of Kroc’s death in 1984, there were some 7,500 McDonald’s outlets worldwide, and three-fourths were run by franchise holders.
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Feb 9, 2017 · Keaton plays Ray Kroc, the traveling salesman who made McDonald’s what it is. Except he’s not actually the founder. Kroc ended up buying out Mac and Dick McDonald, two guys from California who...