You might think that an autobiography by the senior chairman of McDonaldâs in Canada and Russia would be a modestly boastful, ho-hum business story of expansion and board-room debates, wrapped in some nice reminiscences about his family. You would be very wrong. Because this is George Cohonâs autobiography, and George Cohon (âCall me George, please!â) is not an ordinary manâ¦not in his approach to business and not in his approach to telling his life story.
Itâs true that George Cohon is one of the most successful businessmen of his generation and that heâs also one of the most colourful. But the man youâll meet in the pages of To Russia With Fries is considerably more complex than that description suggests. Here, youâll encounter a man who not only dreamed the impossible dream of opening a McDonaldâs restaurant in the heart of the Soviet Union (of all places), but had the patience, the persistence, and above all the good humour to navigate the maze of obstacles set in his course by a scornful communist bureaucracy. Youâll meet a man whose heart is bigger than his assets (heâs donating all the royalties from this book to charity); a man with a serious sense of fun, who loves (and is frequently on the receiving end of) practical jokes; a man whose life so far has been extraordinary by any standard. Youâll discover a man who is a natural and creative entrepreneur and an acknowledged expert on starting a business in Russia. Heâs been there and done that â long before the crash of the Iron Curtain.
From a man who can think and do six things at once (heâs been told he has a mind like a butterfly), comes a very lively and hugely entertaining story that has universal appeal.
Categories:
- Cookbooks, Food & Wine
- Cooking Education & Reference
- Culinary Biographies
- Cooking Education & Reference
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Author : Cohon, George,Macfarlane, David
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :1999-04-01
Number Of Pages : 352
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0771021984
ISBN-13 : 9780771021985
Item weight : 1.45 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 6.1 in x 9.1 in
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