Joan Kroc: The Mighty McDonald’s Multimillionaire Who Couldn’t Stop Writing Big Checks

There are so many things I didn’t know about JoanKroc. That’s probably becauseof her entrepreneurial husband, Ray Kroc. He was the one who was always in the spotlight. Because McDonald’s.

Here’s why I now know a heck of a lot about Joan Kroc, the mighty McDonald’s multimillionaire who couldn’t stop writing big checks.

This new book, written by Lisa Napoli, tells the Kroc story. The real one. And, it’s a good book.

(Disclosure: I received a review copy of Ray & Joan from Dutton, who publish...