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[Outliers] How McDonald’s Took Over America Ray Kroc

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish by Shane Parrish

Jan 27, 202650:20Business

Ray Kroc turned McDonald’s from a single roadside restaurant into a system built to scale. At 52, after decades selling paper cups and milkshake machines, he opened the first McDonald’s in 1955 and helped grow it to near...

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[Outliers] How McDonald’s Took Over America Ray Kroc is an episode from The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish by Shane Parrish. Ray Kroc turned McDonald’s from a single roadside restaurant into a system built to scale. At 52, after decad...

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Published Jan 27, 2026, 50:20 long, audio available.

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