About Us
McDonald's^®...Is one of the leading global foodservice retailers with more than 30,000 local restaurants serving 52 million people in more than 100 countries each day.

We are one of the world's most well-known and valuable brands and hold a leading share in the globally branded quick service restaurant segment of the informal eating-out market in virtually every country in which we do business.

We serve the world some of its favorite foods - Big Mac^®, Quarter Pounder^®, Chicken McNuggets^®, Egg McMuffin^®, and our World Famous French Fries.

Our rich history began with our founder, Ray Kroc. The strong foundation that he built continues today with McDonald's vision and the commitment of our talented executives to keep the shine on McDonald's arches for years to come.

In addition to our 750,000+ US restaurant employees, approximately 2,800 staff members provide a wide variety of support functions to the 30,000 McDonald's restaurants around the globe through a network of divisional, regional and local-country offices.

McDonald’s is headquartered just outside Chicago , in Oak Brook , Ill. From the McDonald's campus office complex, home to the world-famous Hamburger University -- the McDonald's Plaza (U.S. Headquarters), or one of three other nearby locations in Oak Brook, McDonald's Home Office campus employees work to support the McDonald's System through a variety of business functions.