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#7 Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's

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Ray Crock Wants to Buy the San Diego Padres

Ray Crock is the former CEO of McDonald's, which he left after a stroke. He also tried to buy the San Diego Padres baseball team in 1974 but lost $385 million. His idea for an elegant hamburger restaurant called Raymans didn't take hold so he cut his losses and got out. "If you're willing to take big risks, and I always have been, you're bound to blow one"

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