JR Simplot
JR Simplot was born in Dubuque, Iowa, United States on January 4th, 1909 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 99, JR Simplot biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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John Richard Simplot (Jack) Simplot Company, a Boise, Idaho-based agricultural supplier specializing in potato products, was born on January 4, 1909 – May 25, 2008.
He was estimated to be the 89th richest person in the United States in 2007, earning $3.6 billion.
He was the youngest billionaire on the Forbes 400 at the time of his death in May 2008.
Early life
He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and he was the third of six children of Charles R. and Dorothy (Haxby) Simplot. Both his maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother were English, as were his maternal grandmother and paternal grandmother. Both of his paternal great-grandparents were French.
The family moved a thousand miles (1,600 km) west to homestead in south central Idaho's newly irrigated Magic Valley; the Minidoka Dam was completed a few years ago. Simplot left school in the eighth grade in 1923 after differences with his father. He then worked on a farm near Declo, Idaho, in Cassia County. As the market dropped, he invented a low-cost way for feeding hogs by giving wild horse meat and potatoes to his hogs. He sold at a profit and expanded into the potato and vegetable processing industry as the market recovered.
Awards and honors
- Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1967)
- Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1996)
- Honorary degree from Utah State University in Logan (2001)