The Founder

2016 · Movies · 1h 55m · Drama, History

triumphant

Downer ending

How it ends

Ray Kroc takes control of McDonald's, leaving the original founders with nothing.

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Overview

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.