Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was an American who
was born on October 5th, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. Ray Kroc was
able to live a long and prosperous life, unfortunately this life ended on
January 14th, 1984. As a child Ray Kroc had two siblings, Robert
and Lorraine Kroc. Ray Kroc was a high-school drop out, after he dropped out
he decided to work in the instrument selling business but it wasn’t
successful and after a couple of months the business was closed down.
During World War 1, Ray Kroc
lied about his age to become an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. After
serving the society as a driver for the Red Cross he moved to Chicago and
became a jazz pianist as well as a salesman.
He decided to settle down in 1922, and
married Ethel. With all Ray Kroc’s experiences in the sales business he
decided to study in the fast food business. He started with being a
milkshake make, and at this milkshake place of his, he found his partner in
the business, Richard McDonald and Maurice McDonald.