John Deere was an American entrepreneur born on February 7, 1804 in Rutland, VT. He is best known for inventing the steel plow and founding Deere & Company, which is now one of the largest agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $1.084 billion (2024)
About
American Entrepreneur who invented the steel plow and founded Deere & Company.
Before Fame
He began working as a blacksmith's apprentice at age 17.
Trivia
His company John Deere was worth more than $40 billion in 2010.
Family Life
He had nine children - Francis Albert, Jeanette, Ellen Sarah, Frances Alma, Charles, Emma Charlotte, Hiram Alvin, Alice Marie and Mary Frances - from two separate marriages.
Associated With
He and Henry Ford were both Gilded Age entrepreneurs.