McDonald’s Fires CEO Steve Easterbrook Over Relationship With Employee
- Easterbrook had led drive for online ordering and delivery
- Chris Kempczinski, boss in U.S., is named successor as CEO
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McDonald’s Corp. fired Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook because he had a consensual relationship with an employee, losing the strategist who led the company’s charge into online ordering and delivery.
The burger chain’s board voted Friday to terminate Easterbrook, 52, after investigating the relationship, which violated company policy, according to a statement Sunday. McDonald’s policy doesn’t allow the CEO to have a relationship with anyone in the company. Chris Kempczinski, who runs U.S. operations, was promoted to president and CEO.