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John Richard Simplot (/ ˈ s ɪ m p l ɒ t /; January 4, 1909 – May 25, 2008) 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.
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The J. R. Simplot Company (commonly referred to as Simplot) is an agribusiness company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, United States.
Aug 9, 2024 · Family owned and privately held since 1929, the J.R. Simplot Company is an international food and agriculture company with more than 13,000 employees serving customers around the world.
Aug 9, 2024 · The J.R. Simplot Company began to take shape in the farm fields of southern Idaho in the late 1920s. Still privately held and headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Simplot has grown into an international agribusiness company that operates in more than 60 countries with more than 13,000 employees worldwide.
Company History: The J.R. Simplot Company is one of the largest privately-held agribusiness firms in the United States with interests in food, fertilizer, turf and horticulture, and cattle feeding.
J.R. Simplot's ability to see possibilities where others saw obstacles - and the resolve to act on them - has driven the J.R. Simplot Company for more than 90 years and helped create a company culture where new ideas have a chance to grow and flourish.
May 28, 2008 · J. R. Simplot, a billionaire who grew up in a sod-roofed log cabin and dropped out of school at 14, then marshaled luck, spunk and inventiveness to fashion an entrepreneurial career that...
