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McDonald's 
COMPANY 
 Incorporated by Ray Kroc in 1955, based on the "speedee service system" devised and franchised by Dick and Maurice McDonald since 1948. Other brands include Chipotle Mexican Grill (1997-2006) and Boston Market (2000-07). 
Official Website: http://www.mcdonalds.com/ 
Industry: Restaurant 
Ticker: NYSE:MCD 
Corporate headquarters: Oak Brook, IL 
Sales: $20.5B (2005) 
Employees: 447,000 
 EXECUTIVES 
 
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |  
| Ralph Alvarez | 
Business | 
c. 1955 | 
  | 
President and COO of McDonald's | 
 
| Jose Armario | 
Business | 
c. 1959 | 
  | 
President, McDonalds Canada & Latin America | 
 
| Claire Babrowski | 
Business | 
1957 | 
  | 
COO of Toys-R-Us | 
 
| Robert M. Beavers, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1943 | 
  | 
Best Harvest Bakeries | 
 
| Charlie Bell | 
Business | 
7-Nov-1960 | 
16-Jan-2005 | 
CEO of McDonalds, 2004 | 
 
| Jim Cantalupo | 
Business | 
14-Nov-1943 | 
19-Apr-2004 | 
CEO of McDonald's, 2002-04 | 
 
| Lynn Crump-Caine | 
Business | 
c. 1957 | 
  | 
Former McDonald's executive | 
 
| Alan Feldman | 
Business | 
c. 1952 | 
  | 
CEO of Midas | 
 
| Jack M. Greenberg | 
Business | 
1942 | 
  | 
CEO of McDonald's, 1998-2002 | 
 
| Jeffrey B. Kindler | 
Business | 
13-May-1955 | 
  | 
CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10 | 
 
| Ray Kroc | 
Business | 
5-Oct-1902 | 
14-Jan-1984 | 
McDonald's fast food tycoon | 
 
| Dick McDonald | 
Business | 
16-Feb-1909 | 
14-Jul-1998 | 
Co-Founder of McDonald's | 
 
| Maurice McDonald | 
Business | 
26-Nov-1902 | 
11-Dec-1971 | 
Co-Founder of McDonald's | 
 
| Matthew H. Paull | 
Business | 
c. 1952 | 
  | 
CFO of McDonalds, 2001-08 | 
 
| Edward H. Rensi | 
Business | 
c. 1945 | 
  | 
CEO of McDonald's USA, 1991-97 | 
 
| Michael J. Roberts | 
Business | 
c. 1952 | 
  | 
President and COO of McDonald's, 2004-06 | 
 
| Gloria Santona | 
Business | 
c. 1948 | 
  | 
General Counsel for McDonald's | 
 
| James A. Skinner | 
Business | 
c. 1944 | 
  | 
CEO of McDonald's, 2004-12 | 
 
| Donald Thompson | 
Business | 
1963 | 
  | 
President, McDonalds USA | 
 
| Fred L. Turner | 
Business | 
6-Jan-1933 | 
7-Jan-2013 | 
CEO of McDonald's, 1974-87 | 
 
 
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS 
 
BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS 
 
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |  
| Robert A. Eckert | 
Business | 
14-Aug-1954 | 
  | 
CEO of Mattel | 
 
 
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS 
 
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES 
 
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |  
| Howard Morris | 
Actor | 
4-Sep-1919 | 
21-May-2005 | 
Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show | 
 
| Willard Scott | 
TV Personality | 
7-Mar-1934 | 
  | 
Today Show weatherman | 
 
 
EMPLOYMENT 
 
EXTRANEOUS 
 
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |  
| Claire Babrowski | 
Business | 
1957 | 
  | 
COO of Toys-R-Us | 
 
| Joan B. Kroc | 
Philanthropist | 
27-Aug-1928 | 
12-Oct-2003 | 
McDonald's widow | 
 
| Frank Luntz | 
Pundit | 
23-Feb-1962 | 
  | 
Republican pollster, strategist | 
 
| Michael Retzer | 
Business | 
c. 1946 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Tanzania, 2005-07 | 
 
 
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