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McDonald's fires CEO Steve Easterbrook over relationship with employee

The burger chain's board voted Friday to terminate Easterbrook, 52, after investigating the relationship, which violated company policy

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Matthew G. Miller, Jonathan Roeder and Leslie Patton | Bloomberg
McDonald’s Corp fired Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook because he had a consensual relationship with an employee, losing the strategist who revived sales with all-day breakfast and led the company’s charge into delivery and online ordering.

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 US operations, was promoted to president and CEO.

“This was a mistake,” Easterbrook said of his actions in an email sent to

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