Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc
Raymond Albert "Ray" Krocwas an American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. Kroc was included in Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, and amassed a fortune during his lifetime. He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team from 1974 until his death in 1984...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 October 1902
CityOak Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed.
If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.
I put the hamburger on the assembly line.
Perfection is very difficult to achieve, and perfection was what I wanted in McDonald's. Everything else was secondary for me.
There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.
As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.
I don't believe in saturation. We're thinking and talking worldwide.
I like to get people fired up, fill them with zeal for McDonald's, and watch the results in their work.
When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.
There is absolutely nothing special about walking on a rope stretched along the ground. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in a deed accomplished, and therefore no happiness.
When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more?
There are things money can't buy and hard work can't win. One of them is happiness.
While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
The first dollar is the most you will get if you don't love what you are doing.