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Never Too Late

Ever hear of a little restaurant chain called McDonalds? 🍔

Some words from Ray Kroc, the man who made it famous…

When I flew back to Chicago that fateful day in 1954, I had a freshly signed contract with the McDonald brothers in my briefcase.

I was a battle-scarred veteran of the business wars, but I was still eager to go into action. I was 52 years old. I had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid gland in earlier campaigns. But I was convinced that the best was ahead of me.

Updated: September 27, 2023

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