"He either enchants or antagonizes everyone he meets. But even his enemies agree
there are three things Ray Kroc does damned well: sell hamburgers, make money,
and tell stories." --from Grinding It Out
Few entrepreneurs can claim to have radically changed the way we live, and Ray
Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food-service automation, franchising,
shared national training, and advertising have earned him a place beside the men
and women who have founded not only businesses, but entire empires. But even
more interesting than Ray Kroc the business man is Ray Kroc the man. Not your
typical self-made tycoon, Kroc was fifty-two years old