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J. R. Simplot
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<p>John Richard Simplot was an American entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of the <a href="/facts/Simplot/6AmtYVv5">J. R. Simplot Company</a>, a <a href="/facts/Boise%2c_Idaho/27UTaYKm">Boise, Idaho</a>–based agricultural supplier specializing in <a href="/facts/Potato/F8jRVExs">potato</a> products. In 2007, he was estimated to be the 89th-richest person in the United States, at <a href="/facts/United_States_dollar/naEEDUhC">$</a>3.6 billion. At the time of his death at age 99 in May 2008, he was the oldest <a href="/facts/Billionaire/7goIqHHJ">billionaire</a> on the <a href="/facts/Forbes_400/zfzxSJkJ">Forbes 400</a>. </p>