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J. R. "Jack" Simplot. John Richard Simplot ( / ˈsɪmplɒt /; 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. [2] [3] In 2007, he was estimated to be the 89th-richest person in the ...
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Scott Simplot (born 1947) is the American chairman and chief...
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Apr 18, 2024 · The J.R. Simplot Company began to take shape in the farm fields of southern Idaho in the late 1920s. Young J.R. was armed with keen entrepreneurial instincts, constant curiosity, boundless energy and an irrepressible drive. Through the years, J.R.’s belief in the promise of the possible helped him diversify his efforts into a global food and ...
About our Founder. J.R. Simplot had the inherent ability to see possibilities where others saw obstacles, and the resolve to act on them—helping him turn a one-man farming operation into a global food and agribusiness enterprise. This foresight has driven the J.R. Simplot Company for more than 90 years and helped create a company culture ...
May 28, 2008 · 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 ...
Jan 4, 2021 · The J.R. Simplot Company began to take shape in the farm fields of southern Idaho in the late 1920s. Young J.R. was armed with keen entrepreneurial instincts, constant curiosity, boundless energy and an irrepressible drive. Through the years, J.R.’s belief in the promise of the possible helped him diversify his efforts into a global food and ...
John Richard “Jack” Simplot died peacefully at his home in Boise May 25 with Esther, his wife of 36 years, by his side. He was 99. J. R. Simplot was the founder of the Boise-based agribusiness company which bears his name. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, January 4, 1909, Jack Simplot soon became an Idahoan when his family moved to a farm near Declo ...
