Gabriele murdock
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David Howard Murdock, chairman and owner of Dole. (credit: Dole Food Company, Inc.)
David Murdock, age 87, wants to reach 125, and sees no reason he can’t, provided that he continues eating the way he has for the last quarter century: with a methodical, messianic correctness that he believes can, and will, ward off major disease and minor ailment alike.
He has spent some $500 million of his fortune in recent years to construct the North Carolina Research Campus, a scientific center dedicated to his conviction that plants, eaten in copious quantities and the right variety, hold the promise of optimal health and maximal life span.
About David Murdock
Wikipedia | David Howard Murdock (born April 10, 1923 in Ohio) is an American businessman. Forbes ranks him as the 130th-richest person in the “Forbes 400” list and 376th in the “World’s Billionaires” list, with a net worth of US$3 billion as of March 2011.
In 1985, Murdock took over the nearly bankrupt Hawaiian firm Castle & Cooke, which owned pineapple and banana producer Dole Food Company
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David H. Murdock
American businessman (born 1923)
Not to be confused with David Murdoch.
David H. Murdock | |
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Murdock in 2003 | |
| Born | David Howard Murdock (1923-04-11) April 11, 1923 (age 101) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Spouses | Gabriele Murdock (m. 1967; died 1985)Tracy Murdock (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
David Howard Murdock (born April 11, 1923) is an American billionaire businessman, plant-based diet advocate and philanthropist.
Early career
Murdock was born on April 11, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri.[3] His father was a traveling salesman; his mother worked as a laundress and housekeeper to make ends meet. He is the middle child of three; he had two sisters. He was close to his mother, who died at 42 of cancer.[4] He grew up in Montgomery Township, Ohio, and dropped out of high school in the 9th grade.[5][6] He was drafted by the United States Army in 1943 during World War
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“To this day I have kept that nickel and penny as a reminder of what can be created from nothing and that today six cents is worth more than it ever used to be”
– DAVID H. MURDOCK
Inspired by David Murdock’s life story, Coin & Candor pays homage to humble beginnings and an early rise to success.
In 1943 David Murdock found himself homeless after returning from serving in the United States Army during World War II. Destitute and with only a nickel and a penny in his pocket, Mr. Murdock’s life soon changed after a serendipitous encounter with a Good Samaritan who loaned him $1,200 to purchase a closing coffee shop. It was during this time that Mr. Murdock developed his keen sense for business and passion for hospitality. In a few short months following his ownership, he paid back the loan and generated a small profit of $700 after selling the business.
This was only the beginning of Mr. Murdock’s entrepreneurial success. From there, his ventures included real estate opp
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