Ray Kroc was the founder and the first CEO of McDonald’s. He ran the company from 1954 until his death in 1984.

He was 81 years old when he passed away in 1984. He was born in the year 1902.

Louis and Rose Mary Kroc were Ray Kroc’s parents. In a family of two siblings, he was the oldest.

As a school dropout, Kroc attended Oak Park’s “Lincoln School.”

He dropped out of school because he felt compelled to fight in the First World War’s front lines at the time.

The main accomplishment of Ray Kroc is the expansion of the enormous restaurant brand “McDonald’s.” From 1963 to 1973, Ray Kroc served as the company’s CEO after acquiring “McDonald’s” in 1961. He developed the small neighborhood store into a big, global fast-food conglomerate.

Parents and Siblings

He was born on October 5, 1902, to Czech-American parents Rose Mary Hrach (1881-1959) and Alois “Louis” Kroc (1879–1937) in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

He was the oldest of two siblings; Robert and Lorraine.

Spouse and Children

He had three marriages in his life. Both of Kroc’s first two marriages—to Ethel Fleming (1922–1961; Jane Dobbins Green (1963–1968)—ended in divorce. When Kroc and Fleming first met in 1919, they fell in love right away. They later got married in 1922 and relocated to Chicago, Illinois. In 1924, they had their daughter Marilyn. His third wife, Joan Kroc, was a philanthropist who considerably expanded her charity giving after Kroc passed away.

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