He was born David Howard Murdock on April 10, 1923, in Kansas City, Mo., and grew up in the small town of Wayne, Ohio. His father was a traveling salesman.

David Gale Murdock, Age 60, of Portage, IN passed away on Saturday, October 8th, 2016. He was born in Hammond, IN on December 6, 1955 to Warren Gale and Helen (Cozad) Murdock. He married Judith ...

Murdock was listed at No. 979 on Forbes’ 2025 World’s Billionaires List with a net worth of $3.7 billion. Early life of David Murdock Born in Kansas City, Murdock grew up in Wayne, Ohio.

David H. Murdock in 2005 after giving a talk at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. He had invested $500 million in the facility, which would study how plant-based diets might lead ...

David Murdock in 1989 on his pineapple plantation in Hawaii.© Slim Aarons/Getty Images Murdock in 2005 at a Four Seasons hotel construction site.© Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images ...

Kannapolis visionary David Murdock, who reinvigorated Dole Foods and built NC’s biotech research hub, dies at 102; his legacy reshaped health and nutrition.

Kannapolis visionary David Murdock, who reinvigorated Dole Foods and built NC’s biotech research hub, dies at 102; his legacy reshaped health and nutrition.

David Murdock, Corporate Investor Who Made Nutrition an Obsession, Dies at 102 Murdock, a high-school dropout, made a fortune in real estate and agriculture, owning Dole Food By James R. Hagerty Share ...