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Maurice McDonald

Also Known As Mac McDonald
Founder and Executive

An American restaurateur who, with his brother Richard, opened the original McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1940 and co-designed its Speedee Service System, before selling the brothers' interest in the business to franchising agent Ray Kroc in 1961. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1902-11-26 1
Birth Year
1902 2
Death Date
1971-12-11 1
Death Year
1971 2
Birthplace
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. 2
Death Place
Palm Springs, California, U.S. 1
Nationality
American 2
Defining Contribution
Co-founded the original McDonald's restaurant with brother Richard in 1940 and co-designed its Speedee Service System. 2
Notable Work
McDonald's 1
Connections

Associated With

Entrepreneurship, Practice Disciplines
Source Wikipedia, Richard and Maurice McDonald
Fast Food Industry, Industries

The McDonald brothers pioneered the Speedee Service System, the assembly line food preparation model that became the template for fast food.

Source Wikipedia, Richard and Maurice McDonald
Richard McDonald, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Richard and Maurice McDonald were brothers who co-founded the original McDonald's restaurant and its Speedee Service System together.

Source Wikipedia, Richard and Maurice McDonald

Companies Founded

McDonald's Corporation, Companies and Brands

Co-founded the original McDonald's restaurant with brother Richard in San Bernardino, California in 1940.

Source Wikipedia, Richard and Maurice McDonald
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Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia, Richard and Maurice McDonald
  • Infobox, known_for
    Founding McDonald's
  • Death and legacy, paragraph 3
    Maurice (Mac) McDonald
  • Death and legacy, paragraph 1
    Maurice died from heart failure at his home in Palm Springs, California
  • Lead section, sentence 1
    November 26, 1902
  • Lead section
    Richard James McDonald (February 16, 1909 - July 14, 1998) and Maurice James "Mac" McDonald (November 26, 1902 - December 11, 1971), known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded McDonald's.
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2. Wikipedia, Richard and Maurice McDonald
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Richard James McDonald (February 16, 1909 - July 14, 1998) and Maurice James "Mac" McDonald (November 26, 1902 - December 11, 1971), known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded McDonald's. The brothers opened the original McDonald's restaurant in 1940 in San Bernardino, California, where they created the Speedee Service System to produce their meals, a method that became the standard for the fast food industry.
  • infobox
  • Associated With: Richard McDonald
  • Associated With: Fast Food Industry
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