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  1. Feb 16, 2024 · The invention of McDonald’s, the American fast-food restaurant, is attributed to the McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice McDonald. The brothers founded the first McDonald’s in the city of San Bernardino, California, setting the stage for what would grow into an iconic global chain.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ray_KrocRay Kroc - Wikipedia

    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 brothers and was its CEO from 1967 to 1973.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › McDonald'sMcDonald's - Wikipedia

    McDonald's Corporation, doing business as McDonald's, is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

  4. The American fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's was founded in 1940 by the McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice, and has since grown to the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue. [1] The McDonald brothers began the business in San Bernardino, California where the brothers set out to sell their barbecue.

  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Ray Kroc was an American entrepreneur best known for expanding McDonalds from a local chain to the world’s most profitable restaurant franchise operation.

  6. corporate.mcdonalds.com › our-historyMcDonald’s History

    1940 - McDonald’s Is Founded. Dick and Mac McDonald open McDonald's Bar-B-Q restaurant on Fourteenth and E streets in San Bernardino, California. It is a typical drive-in featuring a large menu and car hop service.

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  8. Aug 4, 2016 · In 1955, Kroc founded the Franchise Realty Corporation (a predecessor of the McDonald's Corporation), which helped to facilitate the restaurant's expansion while giving Kroc a healthier return on his efforts.

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