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Don Thompson (Donald Thompson) was born on 30 March, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American engineer and business executive (born 1963). Discover Don Thompson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Occupation Electrical engineer, Northrop Grumman (1985–1990) McDonald's Executive (1990–2015) CEO, McDonald's Corporation (2012–2015) Board of directors Beyond Meat
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 30 March, 1963
Birthday 30 March
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1954

One of their nonprofit organization's largest initiatives is called The 1954 Project, which launched in 2020, and seeks to give $100M to help Black educators.

1960

Because of gang violence and crime that began to spread through the area in the late 1960s and 1970s, he was later moved by his grandmother to live with relatives in Indianapolis, where he attended North Central High School.

1963

Donald Thompson (born March 30, 1963) is an American engineer and business executive who was the president and chief executive of McDonald's Corporation from 2012 until 2015.

1970

Soon after the visit he was hired and enrolled in the company's Black Career Development program, classes that McDonald's has held since the 1970s both to educate all employees about cultural differences and to help minorities navigate its corporate culture.

1984

Thompson is a graduate of Purdue University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 in electrical engineering.

He also holds an honorary doctorate from Excelsior College.

Thompson is a brother of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Thompson is an electrical engineer by profession.

1990

He joined McDonald's in 1990 after working for a military aircraft manufacturer that is now part of Northrop Grumman.

At McDonald's, Thompson designed robotic equipment for food transport and made control circuits for cooking.

Thompson received a call from a McDonald's recruiter who was looking for an engineer to design "robotics, control circuitry and feedback loops".

He eventually accepted an invitation to visit the McDonald's headquarters in suburban Chicago by an engineer working there.

Having started his career at McDonald's in 1990, Thompson quickly rose on the corporate ladder.

1992

By 1992, he was promoted to Project Manager and Staff Director for the Quality Development department.

1994

He then switched over to Operations in 1994, spending his first six months learning the basics on how to manage a "McDonald's" restaurant by working at a South Chicago restaurant, moving up from fry cook to shift manager, then assistant manager and then co-manager.

1998

By 1998, Thompson was promoted to regional manager for the San Diego, California Region and oversaw 350 restaurants.

He was next promoted to Senior Vice President of the Midwest Division, where he oversaw 2,200 restaurants.

A subsequent promotion resulted in his becoming president of the West Division, giving him responsibility for 4,000 restaurants.

2005

By January 2005, Thompson, now an Executive Vice President, began to serve as Chief Operations Officer (COO) of all US restaurants.

2006

On August 23, 2006, he became the President of McDonald's USA and McDonald's Restaurants of Canada.

However Thompson was not the first choice as successor, he was third having won the position when executives Michael Roberts and Ralph Alvarez left McDonald's in 2006 and 2009 respectively.

2012

In 2007, Thompson stepped into the role of Chief Operating Officer for the global corporation, and on July 1, 2012, he became president and chief executive officer (CEO) of McDonald's Corp, succeeding outgoing CEO, the retiring Jim Skinner.

2014

In 2014, Thompson and his wife co-founded the nonprofit organization, The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education, and in 2015, the food and beverage venture capital firm, Cleveland Avenue LLC.

Both of these names pay homage to the Chicago street where he and his wife grew up.

2015

He announced on January 28, 2015, that he would retire from the company and leave his position on March 1, 2015, and was succeeded by Steve Easterbrook, the senior executive vice president and chief brand officer.

He is currently the CEO of Cleveland Avenue, an investment group and accelerator that focuses on building new food, beverage, and restaurant concepts, which he founded in 2015.

Cleveland Avenue has invested in Beyond Meat and Taste 222, among other food industry companies, and Thompson has served as a member of the board of directors at Beyond Meat since October 2015.

Thompson, who was born in Chicago, grew up near the Cabrini–Green housing project and was a bright student who started the sixth grade at the age of 10.

In seventh grade he began carrying a briefcase to school.

Due to a 4.1 percent decline in customer traffic in 2014, Thompson announced that he was stepping down from his CEO position effective March 1, 2015.

In November 2015, it was announced that Thompson joined the board of directors of vegan meat alternative company Beyond Meat.

Thompson also serves on the board of directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities, Catalyst, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

He is also a member of Purdue University's board of trustees.