American multinational fast-food chain McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food restaurant chain. Founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California, the company has grown into one of the world's largest restaurant chains. At the end of 2025, the McDonald's system comprised 45,356 restaurants in more than 100 countries, approximately 95% of which were operated by franchisees. 395,842 views on July 7, 2025 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Jurassic World Rebirth, Ozzy Osbourne, Diogo Jota, Grigor Dimitrov. Wiki link