J. R. Simplot
Businessperson, Deceased Person
1909 – 2008
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Who was J. R. Simplot?
John Richard Simplot was the founder of the J. R. Simplot Company, a Boise, Idaho based agricultural supplier specializing in potato products. In 2007 he was estimated to be the 89th-richest person in America, at $3.6 billion. At the time of his death at age 99 in May 2008, he was the oldest billionaire on the Forbes 400.
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- Born
- Jan 9, 1909
Dubuque - Spouses
- Ruby Rosevear
(1931/12 - 1960) - Esther Becker
(1972/01/22 - 2008/05/25)
- Ruby Rosevear
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- Simplot
- Lived in
- Idaho
- Dubuque
- Died
- May 25, 2008
Boise
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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