Editing J. R. Simplot (section)

{{short description|American businessman}}
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| name               = J. R. "Jack" Simplot
| birth_name         = John Richard Simplot
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1909|1|4}}
| birth_place        = [[Dubuque, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2008|5|25|1909|1|4}}
| death_place        = [[Boise, Idaho]], U.S.
| resting_place      = Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho
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| known_for          = Founder of the<br>[[Simplot|J. R. Simplot Company]]
| education          = [[Eighth grade]] dropout<ref name="forbes">{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/54/richlist07_John-Simplot-family_ZPFO.html |title= #89 John Simplot & family |access-date= 2008-05-30 | work=Forbes}}</ref>
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* {{Marriage|Ruby Adeline Rosevear|1931|1960|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|Esther Becker|1972}}
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| children           = 4, including [[Scott Simplot|Scott]]
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'''John Richard Simplot''' ({{IPAc-en|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 [[Simplot|J. R. Simplot Company]], a [[Boise, Idaho]]–based agricultural supplier specializing in [[potato]] products.<ref name=trlhaas>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QXZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fy8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2199%2C7737 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Trillhaase |first=Marty |title=Simplot |date=July 1, 1990 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=jmsimapobt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2NsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RvAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1028%2C3173862 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |agency=Associated Press |last=Miller |first=John |title=Potato mogul J.R. Simplot dead at 99 |date=May 26, 2008 |page=3A}}</ref> In 2007, he was estimated to be the 89th-richest person in the United States, at [[United States dollar|$]]3.6 billion. At the time of his death at age 99 in May 2008, he was the oldest [[billionaire]] on the [[Forbes 400]].<ref>{{cite journal
 | title = #80 John Richard Simplot and family
 | journal = Forbes
 | volume = 178
 | date = 2006-09-21
 | url = https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_John-Richard-Simplot-family_ZPFO.html
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070103113435/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_John-Richard-Simplot-family_ZPFO.html
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = January 3, 2007
 | issn = 0015-6914
 | access-date = 2007-06-30}}</ref>