Company type | Public (NYSE: MCD) |
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Industry | Restaurants |
Founded | May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California |
Founder | McDonald's Richard and Maurice McDonald, Ray Kroc |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 35,000+ worldwide[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | James A. Skinner (chairman) & (CEO) |
Products | Fast food (hamburgers • chicken • french fries • soft drinks • milkshakes • salads • desserts • breakfast) |
Revenue | US$ 22.69 billion (2007)[2] |
US$ 3.879 billion (2007)[2] | |
US$ 2.359 billion (2007)[2] | |
Total assets | US$ 29.391 billion (2007) |
Total equity | US$ 15.279 billion (2007) |
Number of employees | 390,000 (2008)[2] |
Website | McDonalds.com |
McDonald's is an American corporation[3] that operates one of the largest chains of fast food restaurants in the world.[4]
McDonald's has over 36,000 stores in 119 countries and territories, the second-most stores out of all fast food chains worldwide behind only the submarine sandwich chain Subway.[5] They serve almost 54 million people each day.[6]
The first McDonald's restaurant was opened by Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald in 1940. It was located on Route 66 in San Bernardino, California.[7] The McDonald brothers later sold their company to Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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