Sounds like this man came up from humble beginnings, got a good education,a decent job, worked hard, and made his way to the top. He has great people skills and this is an awesome American story of dedication and hard work! Great job man!!!

Id be whistling too making 15.4 million from mcdonlads

The receptionist is named PAM

The mcchallenges will be mcfixed with the mcsolutions.

I bust my ass working for you guys for one whole year never got a raise so I quit then I went to work for In and Out Burger got a raise within 3 months

If i was worth that much id whistle in my sleep

The burgers are getting so wafer thin these days

This guy grew up in a poor rough neighborhood, worked his way up from the bottom, and became the CEO of a huge corporation. That is true black excellence.

I love the part where he talks about his Grandmother. “We are going home and I will make you a McDonalds”. This is something I think every kid growing up, especially in humble means, has heard. Much respect for his Grandmother for raising such a hard working and decent man. God bless.

McDonalds has healthy menu options. Don't blame them for what their customers want to order.

I work minimum wage here in Arizona is $11.00 hour. I ain't complaining it's loving your job in what you do is what makes you happy.

Who’s here after the new McDonalds’ CEO got fired?

It's hard to retain a customer base when you've killed them off

I worked at McDonald's for about 8 months. I needed the money. It wasn't bad. And it was a really positive experience I could throw on a resume. I'm thankful for any opportunity to work and it's led me down a pretty good road.

As an African I will never complain or blame anyone for my failures. In America it's your choice to succeed and or fail. Watch what and who is around you. Don give up ealry.

Milkshake machine is down.

How does a UNSKILLED employee justify making $15/h when the work takes no skill ? A man who went to 2 years of college may start out at $15/h.........

While living in Asia I traveled two hours by bus every Sunday morning on my way to the nearest McDonald's for their breakfast. Their breakfast meal was a feast and their coffee a real treat. No offence but Starbucks coffee was streets behind a McD's cuppa!

Bro Taco Bell snapped on that commercial💀😂

A black man is the CEO of McDonald's We will have a black President one day.

Went to McDonald’s yesterday. I haven’t been there in a long time. I had a coupon for a free soda and med fry with any large sandwich. What surprised me was the prices. All the meals were over $10. No prices were shown for individual sandwiches. They must be ashamed of prices. My 1/4 pounder with cheese was close to $7. Really, if I’m going to spend over 10 bucks it won’t be at a McDonald’s. That burger was not worth the money. There were more workers there than customers. Not posting prices was ridiculous and the workers barely spoke English. I won’t be back unless I’m on a road trip and nothing else is available.

"We don't use pink slime in our burgers" Duhhh, it's in the CHICKEN!

We need more CEO's like this awesome guy.

What an inspiration! I love his attitude. I bet he's a great boss to have.

I wouldn't expect to be able to feed a family of 2 or 3 or 4 on burger flipping wages. It's ludicrous for people to expect this. There's a reason that these jobs historically went to kids and college students. If you're flipping burgers and bemoaning your inability to pay your rent....you should probably be spending your time on regretting not studying enough in high school.

I'm tired of people demanding $15 for a "first job." Either climb the ladder, and make more money, or go to school and get a better paying job.

Lovely couple

"Money doesn't solve all the problems, but hard work can." Love that quote

I remember my first McDonalds burger about 1960. Still love them better than any of them. If he gave all $15 million to employees each would get about $71. They don’t understand that.

"AS HAPPY AS A HAPPY MEAL" *My life in a nut shell*

There's nothing more annoying than when a big shot from corporate comes down and pretends he's just one of you.

How slow are we talking this was done in 2014 it's 2019 and they still not $15 an hour

Great story of McDonald's CEO.

"Mcchallenges" LMAO

The man seems genuinely friendly and nice

Mcdonalds food hasn't tasted good since the 90's: Apple pies were crazy good. The big Mac was a great burger. The Fries were universally considered the best. The food even used to smell good. Now? The food stinks literally and figuratively. Sometimes I'll have a craving for mcds and I'll hit the drive thru but when I get about 5 bites in, I go ahead and accept that it's disgusting and that my "craving" was more nostalgic-- wanting what I remembered mcds tasting like in the 90's. On another note, does anybody remembr when Burger Kings breakfast croissant sandwiches used to actually be on a REAL croissant (buttery and flakey)? Those were hella good. Only fast food burger I trust now is IN and OUT (Please stay private IN and OUT, so u dont start cutting corners/quality to thicken profits).

Wow I didn't know the CEO was black and went to College in Indiana. So cool!

Old joke: Customer: "Waiter, there's footprint on my burger." Waiter/Helper: "Well, I don't see what the problem is. You ordered a Big Mac and told me 'to step on it.'"

he whistles and hums to himself. What a down to earth gentleman

At one point, McDonald’s had shares in Chipotle I believe. I remember seeing the arches on chipotle cups.

I don't eat McDonald's *Cuz* I don't want a McHeartAttack ❤ 💔

Id rather get a burger from In N Out

A billion dollar company and yet they pay there employees nothing..... that's sad

Love the story of their marriage and childhood. Engineering is such a great education.

This CEO was fired years ago. Parties over.

I'm happy for the CEO but I HATE McDonalds.....that stuff makes you go to the bathroom in 15 minutes. I haven't eaten that stuff in 4 years.....my kids dont eat it either

I need McDonald's and every fast food in the worldwide to stay open at least 18+ hours a day.

Bring back the old seasonings. Those nuggets dont taste the same anymore. Honestly believe McDonalds lost they flavor. I'm keep rooting for this man. It nice see a African American man being the CEO.

#BLACKLOVE ✊🏿❤️😍 YASSSSS

He seems like a great guy but unfortunately the company didn’t do well so he was canned.

They need bring back the old recipes from early 80s 90s when mcdonalds was good now it changed

PLEASE TRAIN YOUR EMPLOYEES TO KNOW WHEN SOMEONE ASKS: Customer: "A HAMBURGER PLEASE" Employee: "Would you like cheese on it? " Customer: If I wanted cheese..then I would have asked for a CHEESEBURGER.

You should be able to earn a livable wage at any job (not talking about rolling in the dough) but you should be able to pay your rent with any job you have and then go upwards from there. We depend on these people to do incredibly important jobs for us, without them we would be highly inconvenienced.

My health has improved dramatically this year after I stopped eating at McDonalds.

I work fulltime at a McDonald's as a crew Trainer Monday through Friday and love it. My customers love me and I enjoy them. I afterwards go to my other job and work as a housekeeper at a local hospital at night Monday through Friday. Enjoy both of my jobs. You get what you put in. Enjoy what you do no matter what!

The whistling and humming characteristic of him reminds me of a quote by Jim Rohn about 30 years ago. He said "You can take out the garbage at McDonalds and earn minimum wage. But if you take out the garbage and whistle as you do it every day，you’re likely to earn 50 cents more per hour." Add value to your workplace by controlling your own attitude. Congrats on this man for working hard. True and inspirational story and journey.

*1:25* My man is spittin’ bars, *_”You mention me, millions of views.”_* *_”I mention you, lose-lose for me, win-win for you.”_*

I only eat at McDonald's RN cause they have the $1 sandwich but as soon as that's gone so am I

The Frappe with espresso is my favorite. 🌸

They didn't asked why you purposefully designed an ice-cream machine which brokes every other day 😂😂😂😂

Not just sometime , but " EVERY TIME" there's trouble in a company " a black man or women we don't see or hear from until things are terribly wrong , gets dug up to take the blame for everything.I bet they gave him a promotion ,they were glad to get " of course " but at the time didn't tell them the bad news.. I BET MANY OTHERS knew BEFORE HE DID.. ( IT'S CALLED PASS THE BUCK)..

He literally looks 30 years old. I can't believe that.

Looking great. Nice to see someone get ahead by hard work.

I agree IF IT IS PHASED IN SLOWLY THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO WORK HARD!!!!

Ridiculous. Does color have anything to do with it? No. It should be based on education and attitudes how you treat people. Color has no limits. Personality is priceless.

I do like all races but what I mean no black I mean by peoples character not by SKIN COLOR NO!!!! HOW WELL ROUNDED ARE YOU!!! THIS GUY I LIKE!!! HE HAS MANY CAPS!!!

I wish the CEO could see in the real world how dirty McDonald's is when they don't know he's coming.

Go head brother! Proud of you! 🤗

And that mcdiabetes

He resigned 2015 after sales went down 4%

Why doesn't McDonald's not offer a basic burger/cheeseburger? You know with any combination of lettuce, tomatoes, onions & pickles...

WOW Mc. Donald's CEO is black, "that's what's up!!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder you see a lot of African American's in there commercial's and they give to a lot of black college's. GOOD JOB BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!

*"No its 100% TRIMMINGS"* Why not just beef!!! I have boycotted you all for 6 years now and my Son used to cry for chicken nuggets... now we enjoy a *ALL BEEF* Wendy's or Hardee's Burger or Tenders. Smh LIARS AND WORD PLAY!

He ran it into the ground and got thrown out, bottom line.

Very touching story. The CEO and his wife sound like they are good people. However, the last few minutes of the video sealed the deal that it is just a PR stint for McDonald's. 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. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Thompson_(executive)

I live in Middletown, CT. There’s a McDonalds right down my street. Every SINGLE time I go there, my order is NEVER right. EVERY. TIME. Never fails. Yet these people want $15 per hr & they can’t get a simple order right

Trump loves McDonalds. He prefers the little cheesburger because his hands can't pick up the Big Mac. Trump even stole MAGA from.... 1:41

Grew up poor, made it big. Doesn't want to give back to the little guy. Greed at its finest.

I now completely understand why McDonald’s is no longer an American hamburger change like the one I was used to when I was younger

looks like a wholesome, hard working couple.

Mad respect McDonald’s continues to innovate and triumph.

Mc challenges try filling the large fries paper containers up stop cheating all of us

I worked at McDonalds back in early 2000 while I was in high school. I look back at it now and think wow what a great time. I was 17 making my own money and able to buy my own things. I worked in the grill on closing shifts. What I actually enjoyed the most was shifts where I had dish washing duties. It was great because I was in the back room doing my job and nobody to bother me. On pretty much every night we racked up about $30-40k in sales. On special days (2 for 1 deal, fish filet Friday, etc.) we would rack up about $100k of sales in 24 hours. My McDonalds was in a pretty decent spot and location matters.

Things to fix:the milkshake machine,Big Mac burger is smaller than the bun itself,nuggets taste like leather,quarter pounder dry&salty and them chicken wings 🤢.

Ppl Don’t realize that a $15 an hour wage is likely to be the reason half of them get let go or get their hours cut.

I’d like to order a McMc please

I can't with that title lol

American dream realized by a very very well deserving brother. Well done sir.

The headquarters is so old. They need to renovate that building wtf

Abolish minimum wage! Let the market determine wages, not the government.

0:54 “happy as a happy meal” why tf did that make me smile

When your teacher tells you you're going to work at mcdonald's if you don't get your grades up.

Hands doun breakfast is best the very best.

Serving diabetes with a smile 😑

Good for him. I love McDonalds I eat there all the time when I can.

Shows how happy the higher management is...and how unhappy everyone else is.

Mcdonalds is the best business in the world. They are not greedy they make amazing food for an amazing price. Unlike other food establishments

This guy looks like a friendly guy. Unfortunately, that doesn't do anything for his employees living in minimal wage conditions, and below the poverty line..

All Macdonald food is premade and just get warmed before serving Except for French fries and chicken nuggets

That Doctor Hibbert laugh at the end. lol