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J. R. 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 United ...
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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 ...
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The Science. The J.R. Simplot Company has a long-standing heritage of innovation in potatoes. In the 1940s, Simplot invented the dehydration process for potatoes, enabling them to send potato flakes to U.S. troops during World War II. In the 1960s, Simplot invented the process for frozen fries and is still one of the world’s leading suppliers ...
Special to The Times. J.R. Simplot, whose lifetime fascination with the potato helped change the nation’s eating habits and made him a billionaire, died Sunday. He was 99. Simplot, who in his ...
French Fries and Potato Specialties. Profile of J.R. Simplot, inventor of the frozen french fry. May 25, 2008. This profile of J.R. Simplot, inventor of the frozen french fry, was previously published in 1996. J.R Simplot died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his home in Boise at the age of 99. Source. Oregon Live. Like to receive news like this by email?
Jan 4, 2021 · Simplot’s major operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Australia, Argentina and China provide a diverse array of products and services to people around the world. Simplot works with more than 200 growers worldwide to produce 5 billion pounds of raw potatoes on more than 100,000 acres of farmland.
Simplot was founded in 1929 by 20-year-old John Richard Simplot near the agricultural community of Declo in south central Idaho, United States. [2] During the early 1940s, the business expanded, providing the military with dehydrated onions and potatoes during World War II. The firm was incorporated as the J. R. Simplot Company in 1955.
