• 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...
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    The J. R. Simplot Company (commonly referred to as Simplot) is an agribusiness company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, United States. Simplot was founded...
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  • Scott Simplot (born 1947) is the American chairman and chief executive officer of the J.R. Simplot Company and formerly the wealthiest man in Idaho. Simplot...
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    Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. 1996. "J. R. Simplot Passes Away at Age 99". J. R. Simplot Company. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30...
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  • former home of billionaire agribusiness magnate J. R. Simplot (1909–2008) and his wife Esther Simplot, served as the governor's official residence, although...
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    January 3 – Victor Borge, Danish-born entertainer (d. 2000) January 4 – J. R. Simplot, American businessman (d. 2008) January 5 – Stephen Cole Kleene, American...
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    Agriculture in 2014 and the US FDA in 2015. The cultivar was developed by J. R. Simplot Company. It is designed to resist blackspot bruising, browning and to...
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  • designer and website creator (born 1976) 2008 – J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (born 1909) 2008 – Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor...
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    and such it was named. The J. R. Simplot Company was founded in 1923 near Declo by 14-year-old entrepreneur JR. Simplot, who had moved to the area with...
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  • is sponsored by the J.R. Simplot Company. More than 2,000 athletes from over 20 states, Australia and Canada travel to the Simplot Games, held on the weekend...
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    Miss Teen USA 1989, and assumed title of Miss USA 1997, Idaho Falls J. R. Simplot – industrialist, Declo Nikki Sixx – musician, co-founder of Mötley Crüe...
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    vertical feet (1,220 m) below. Bogus' base area and main day lodge (J. R. Simplot Lodge, formerly Bogus Creek) are at 6,150 ft (1,875 m), at the base...
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  • Zealand Trade Commission. He has worked with large conglomerates, such as J. R. Simplot. Some of the other major clients his agency has promoted include Frito-Lay...
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  • Frank Shrontz, businessman J. R. Simplot, businessman Robert Smylie, governor Sally Snodgrass, Idaho state senator Michael J. Squier, U.S. Army Brigadier...
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    includes thirty years with Simplot International, an agribusiness corporation founded by his then father-in-law, J.R. Simplot. He started at a low-level...
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    Nelson, and Ron Yanke. Later it received funding from Idaho billionaire J. R. Simplot, whose fortune was made in the potato business. In 1981, the company...
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    owned by the DeBoer family, descendants of early McCall pioneers, with J. R. Simplot. In April 2016, the DeBoers took full control of the property, purchasing...
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    agribusiness magnate J. R. "Jack" Simplot. The museum was envisioned to include some of the 150 pieces of farm equipment Simplot had purchased in 1998...
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    a variety of other optional ingredients. In the United States, the J. R. Simplot Company is credited with successfully commercialising french fries in...
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  • Industries JPWX - Junior Police Works, Inc JRCX - GLNX Corporation JRSX - J. R. Simplot Company JRTX - Jefferson Energy Companies JRWX - Johnson Railway Service...
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    worst incident was the 1970s potato bust, when Idaho potato magnate J. R. Simplot allegedly went short in huge numbers, leaving a large amount of contracts...
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  • of thirty American super-rich (among them: J. R. Simplot, Bob Guccione, Ed Bass, Jane Hunt, and Samuel J. LeFrak). He argues against the vast accumulation...
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  • names of his employees. In the mid-1970s, Taggares and his competitor, J. R. Simplot, were involved in the largest default in the history of American commodities...
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    manufacturer Cirrus Design. Major food producers include potato processor J. R. Simplot Company and the state-owned North Dakota Mill and Elevator, the nation's...
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    2014, the USDA approved a genetically modified potato developed by J. R. Simplot Company that contained ten genetic modifications that prevent bruising...
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    Boise-based J.R. Simplot Company acquired the Ontario facility; Kraft Heinz retains ownership of the Ore-Ida brand, which is now produced by Simplot under a...
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  • (photo #7 is of Governor's Mansion) Kruesi, Kimberlee (January 4, 2016). "Simplot house to be torn down after failed donation to state". Idaho Statesman...
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  • company purchased a second Maine facility, on Presque Isle, from the J.R. Simplot Company in 1987. The two plants would process about 250 million pounds...
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  • District of Iowa Hilda Siller (1861-1945), poet and short story writer J. R. Simplot, entrepreneur and formerly world's oldest billionaire Laurel Sprengelmeyer...
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    area in 1961, flying over from Sun Valley with agribusiness magnate J. R. Simplot. The first chairlift was "black chair" in 1961, shortly followed by...
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