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1955 – Ray Kroc opens a McDonald's fast food restaurant and, after purchasing the franchise from its original owners, oversees its national (and later, worldwide) expansion
Ray Kroc - McDonald's photo at National Portrait Gallery
Ray Kroc first opened a McDonald's franchise in 1955, from the McDonald brothers, then purchased the remaining McDonald's chain in 1961 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world.