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TIL that the book keeper at the 1st franchised Mcdonald’s worked for free for the first 9 months and little pay after that, and was given 10% of the company. 10 years later she cashed in part of her holdings for $300,000 (worth 1.7 mil today) and kept the rest worth 5 mil (28 mil today).

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