DOES the American Dream come with fries or hash browns? In Jack Simplot's version, it came with both. Starting out at 14 with little education and only $80 from his mother, Mr Simplot died a multi-billionaire. Much of his success he owed to the Russet Burbank that grows so well in Idaho's light volcanic soil, and Mr Spud, as he became known, never forgot this debt, nor rejected his roots: till the day he died his favourite restaurant was McDonald's, where he always ordered either french fries or hash browns.
http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11529488
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www.simplot.com
A remarkable success story!
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