MCD

Mcdonald’s Corporation

A global fast-food franchisor serving Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets, and McCafé drinks in over 80 countries, it runs most restaurants through franchisees who pay rent and royalties. It began in 1940 when brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a San Bernardino drive-in, later streamlining it into the "Speedee Service System." The famous golden arches began as roadside architecture designed to catch motorists' eyes in the 1950s, not as a logo.