Anyone driving County 27 between New Ulm and Sleepy Eye on Sunday afternoon would see an unusual sight. A gathering of area ...

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

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.

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 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, the billionaire businessman who reinvigorated the iconic Dole Food fruit brand, helped rebuild Kannapolis after the collapse of former textile giant Pillowtex, once owned a Hawaiian ...