McDonald's Corporation

Logo since 2018
Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois
Type	Public (NYSE: MCD)
Industry	Restaurants
Founded	May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California
Founder	McDonald's Richard and Maurice McDonald, Ray Kroc
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois , USA
Number of locations	35,000+ worldwide
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	James A. Skinner (chairman) & (CEO)
Products	Fast food (hamburgers • chicken • french fries • soft drinks • milkshakes • salads • desserts • breakfast)
Revenue	US$ 22.69 billion (2007)
Operating income	US$ 3.879 billion (2007)
Net income	US$ 2.359 billion (2007)
Total assets	US$ 29.391 billion (2007)
Total equity	US$ 15.279 billion (2007)
Number of employees	390,000 (2008)
Website	McDonalds.com

McDonald's Plaza, the main office of McDonald's

McDonald's Kosher in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Golden Arches logo since 2006, concurrently used with the 2018 logo.

McDonald's is an American corporation that operates one of the largest chains of fast food restaurants in the world.

McDonald's has over 36,000 stores in 119 countries and territories, the second-most stores out of all fast food chains worldwide behind only the submarine sandwich chain Subway. They serve almost 54 million people each day.

A McDonald's restaurant in Austin, Minnesota, United States (2006)