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Not enough history about Micron, the company. The founder sold the exclusive potatoes for McDonald's French fries! He literally went from chips to chips.

• chasebank 4y ago
  I don't think Simplot was the founder, just the funder. IIRC it was a couple engineers from Texas Instruments who founded Micron. Pretty sure JR Simplot and Ron Yanke funded the company.
  • tiahura 4y ago
    Another source suggests they were former engineers of a company founded by former TI engineers. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/20/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-micron-technology-in.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/20/5-things-you-didnt...
  • cwbrandsma 4y ago
    Simplot was an early investor, not a founder.