Question: McDonald's was puchased by which businessman who joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955?

Context articles: McDonald's Israel
Republic Building (Louisville, KY)
Edward Nathaniel McDonald
McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum
Ray Kroc
Cordia Harrington
Piers McDonald
Jude Reyes
Bob McDonald (politician)
McDonald's

McDonald's Israel (Hebrew: מקדונלד'ס ישראל‎ , "Maqdonald's Yisra'el " ‎ ) is the Israeli master franchise of the fast food restaurant chain McDonald's.
 Operated and licensed by Alonyal Limited (Hebrew: אלוניאל בע"מ‎ ‎ , "Alonyal Ba'am"), McDonald's Israel is the largest of Israel's burger chains with a 60% market share.
 The company sells hamburgers, chicken nuggets, French fries and soft drinks in branches across the country.
 Since its opening in Israel in 1993, McDonald's Israel has been in competition with Burger Ranch, Israel's second largest burger chain.
 The world's first kosher McDonald's opened in Mevaseret Zion in October 1995.
The Republic Building began construction in 1912 by builder C. A. Koerner and Company, and was completed in 1916.
 The building is the work of the local architectural firm of Joseph and Joseph, founded by brothers Alfred and Oscar Joseph.
 Alfred began his architectural career with the office of McDonald & Dodd.
 The firm of Joseph & Joseph was founded in 1908 and their early works reflect the influence of both Dodd and the McDonald Brothers.
 The work of Joseph and Joseph in the first quarter of the twentieth century shows an emphasis towards Mediterranean influence, especially that of the Spanish and Italian Renaissance.
 The use of terracotta and glazed brick, a rich sense of color and textural contrast, are all features of their work.
 These features are all evident in the Republic Building.
 The structure is one of the major early works of the firm to survive.
 The original owner was Republic Realty in 1915.
 Subsequent owners include Byron & Lula Brubaker (1944), Robert A. Futterman (1955), Republic Investors (1956), BHS Co. and Republic Assocs.
 (1974), and Oxford Properties (1980).
 On August 12, 1982, the Republic Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
 The Republic Building was purchased for $3,150,000 by the National Historic Property Developer and real estate company Hudson Holdings on July 31, 2015.
 Hudson Holdings plans to preserve the historic building, and rehabilitate it into a boutique hotel building.
Edward Nathaniel McDonald (May 9, 1832 - June 10, 1899) was a US businessman, the principal stockholder and president of the Globe Mills, and president of McDonald Grain and Milling Company.
The McDonald's #1 Store Museum is housed in a replica of the former McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, opened by Ray Kroc in April 1955.
 The company usually refers to this as The Original McDonald's, although it is not the first McDonald's restaurant but the ninth; the first was opened by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California in 1940, while the oldest McDonald's still in operation is the third one built, in Downey, California, which opened in 1953.
 However, the Des Plaines restaurant marked the beginning of future CEO Kroc's involvement with the firm.
 It opened under the aegis of his franchising company McDonald's Systems, Inc., which became McDonald's Corporation after Kroc purchased the McDonald brothers' stake in the firm.
Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American businessman.
 He joined the Californian chain McDonald's in 1954 and built it into a nationwide and eventually global franchise, making it the most successful fast food corporation in the world.
 Controversially, Kroc would present himself as the founder of McDonald's during his later life.
 Kroc was included in "", and amassed a fortune during his lifetime.
 He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team from 1974 until his death in 1984.
Cordia Harrington is the founder, CEO, and president of the Tennessee Bun Company and is nicknamed "The Bun Lady."
 She originally bought a McDonald's franchise in Illinois, and purchased a Greyhound bus franchise and changed its routes to run past the restaurant.
 She then joined the restaurant’s corporate bun committee, and eventually became their bun supplier.
 At that point she sold her franchises, emptied her bank accounts and borrowed $13.5 million to create Tennessee Bun Company in 1996.
 She launched a spin-off trucking business in 1999 called Bun Lady Transport.
 That year she also opened Nashville Bun Company, a producer of English muffins for McDonald’s, Sheetz, Perkins, and others.
 In 2005 she added a Hearth line to Nashville Bun Company to supply McDonald’s and O’Charley’s and purchased the Cold Storage of Nashville freezer facility.
 The newest part of her business is the CornerStone Baking Company, founded in 2007, which produces frozen dough pieces for several casual dining restaurants.
Piers McDonald, OC (born August 4, 1955) is a Yukon politician and businessman.
Jude Reyes (born 1955) is an American businessman, Co-chairman (with his brother J. Christopher Reyes) of Reyes Holdings, a beer and food distribution holding company, which includes the Martin-Brower Company, McDonald's's largest distributor.
Robert Matthew Turnbull McDonald (26 September 1931 – 9 June 2002) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons.
 Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he was a businessman, insurance agent, professional football player and public servant.
McDonald's is an American hamburger and fast food restaurant chain.
 It was founded in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California.
 In 1948, they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand, using production line principles.
 The first McDonald's franchise using the arches logo opened in Phoenix, Arizona in 1953.
 Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955 and subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers.
 Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's confirmed plans to move its global headquarters to Chicago by early 2018.