McDonald's was founded in 1940 in California by the McDonald brothers. Ray Kroc took over the company in 1955 and established McDonald's Corporation, headquartered in Illinois. McDonald's serves over 53 million customers daily worldwide through over 31,000 stores in 120 countries. While both McDonald's and KFC are large global fast food chains that originated in the US, McDonald's focuses more on hamburgers and breakfast, while KFC specializes in chicken preparation methods. McDonald's has a wider variety of menu items and is larger globally but many franchises, while KFC has fewer large franchise groups.