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- Josef Weider (/ ˈwiːdər /; November 29, 1919 – March 23, 2013) was a Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider.
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Josef Weider (/ ˈwiːdər /; November 29, 1919 – March 23, 2013) [1] was a Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider. He was also the creator of Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia, and the Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests.
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Born in 1920, Joe Weider grew up in a tough neighborhood in Montreal, Canada during the hard times of the Great Depression. When young Joe left public school at age 12 to pull a small wagon 10 hours a day delivering fruit and groceries for a market, it was an act of survival for both him and his family.
Mar 23, 2013 · March 23, 2013. Joe Weider, a scrawny youngster who sculptured himself with bodybuilding during the Great Depression and created an empire of muscle magazines, fitness equipment, doubtful...
Jan 23, 2019 · Joe Weider was an entrepreneur. He started a fitness equipment company, a dietary supplement company, a global bodybuilding federation (along with his younger brother Ben), and, most notably, a publishing empire, one that he sold in 2003 to American Media for $350 million.
Joe was born in Quebec, Montreal, Canada on November 29, 1919. He grew up during the Great Depression and left school at the age of 12 to deliver fruits and vegetables. A small, skinny boy, he was picked on by older teens, which is what started his quest for bodybuilding.
Mar 24, 2013 · Joseph Weider was born Nov. 29, 1919, in a tough section of Montreal, where his parents struggled to make a living. His father worked as a pants presser in a factory, and at age 12, Weider...
Mar 23, 2013 · Weider was born in Canada in 1919 and began lifting his own, homemade weights he built from scrap parts.
