Levi Strauss and Ray Kroc
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The stories of two great American entrepreneurs whose products and companies are familiar to us today.  Levi Strauss (1829 - 1902) was the creator of the iconic fashion item, the blue jean.  Ray Kroc (1902 - 1984),  born in the year that Strauss died, was the entrepreneur who built McDonalds into the world's most successful fast food chain.
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