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J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (born 1909)
J. R. Simplot
John Richard Simplot was an American entrepreneur and businessman best known as 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 the United States, 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.
Simplot
The J. R. Simplot Company is an agribusiness company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, United States.