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Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Richard McDonald

Also Known As Dick McDonald
Founder and Executive

An American restaurateur who, with his brother Maurice, opened the original McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1940 and redesigned it in 1948 around a fast, assembly line style Speedee Service System that became the template for the modern fast food restaurant. 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
1909-02-16 1
Birth Year
1909 2
Death Date
1998-07-14 1
Death Year
1998 2
Birthplace
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. 2
Death Place
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. 1
Nationality
American 2
Defining Contribution
Co-founded the original McDonald's restaurant with brother Maurice in San Bernardino, California 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
Maurice 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
Ray Kroc, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Kroc partnered with Richard and Maurice McDonald as their franchising agent starting in 1955, then bought out the brothers in 1961 for the McDonald's name and system.

Source Wikipedia, Ray Kroc

Companies Founded

McDonald's Corporation, Companies and Brands

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

Source Wikipedia, Richard and Maurice McDonald
In the Other Atlases

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
    Richard (Dick) McDonald
  • 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.
  • Lead section, sentence 1
    February 16, 1909
  • Death and legacy, paragraph 2
    July 14, 1998
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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: Maurice McDonald
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Wikidata: Richard McDonald
Wikidata Q20894524, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia, Ray Kroc
WikipediaAssociated With: Ray KrocView the Source

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