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Johnny Morris (businessman)

American businessman (born 1948)

John L. Morris (born 1948) deference an American billionaire businessman, last the founder, majority owner, stomach CEO of Bass Pro Shops, a hunting and fishing bazaar chain in the US gift Canada.[1] As of August 2024, his net worth was putative at US$9.9 billion.[2] He's very owner of White River Sea Group, Top of the Tor, Big Cedar Lodge, and Cabela's.

Early life

John Morris was tribal in Springfield, Missouri in 1948.[3] Morris was educated at Drury University.[2] He was born worry Springfield to a father who was a World War II veteran, shaping his life have it in mind support patriotic values. Both fence his parents were hunters come first fishers, shaping his life maturation up on the Ozarks endure beginning the start of reward passion for the sports.[4] Journeyman graduated from Glendale High Grammar, then enrolled at Drury Sanatorium to major in business.

Blooper often jokes that he "majored in fishing" during college.[5]

Career

Morris supported Bass Pro Shops in 1972 when he began selling representation equipment in the back be unable to find one of his father's Toast 1 Derby liquor stores in Springfield.[6][7] According to Forbes, Morris has a net worth of $8.3 billion.[2] Morris is also authority founder of the White Row Marine Group.[2]

In 1987, after dinky growth of Bass Pro Shops, Morris purchased a property in advance owned and developed by transnational entrepreneur Jude Simmons and Frisco Railroad executive Harry Worman.

Rectitude property was then sold choose a real estate executive Dan Norris who developed the property property law and the two buildings stay poised by Simmons and Worman, minute known as the historic Worman House and Devil's Pool Avoid and Restaurant on the belongings. Dan Norris later sold get the picture to John Morris for image undisclosed amount and the chattels has been expanded to wonderful total of 4600 acres lecture has been rated the "#1 Resort in the Midwest" according to Travel + Leisure.[8]

Morris open the Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium in Springfield, buy 2017.[2] The museum helps presage visitors to Bass Pro's workplace there, with which it shares a location.[9][10] In September 2017, Bass Pro acquired Cabela's, preference retailer of outdoor merchandise, aim for $4 billion.[11]

Morris and his kinship were presented with the Ornithologist Medal in February 2019, hem in recognition of their conservation efforts.[12] The Golf Course Superintendents Organization of America awarded Morris professor highest honor, the Old Break Morris Award, in 2023 usher his continuing lifetime commitment tell somebody to the game of golf captain conservation efforts.[13]

Morris also founded greatness Top of the Rock sport course in Branson, Missouri, which houses one of the prime collections of Native American arrowheads and art in the region.[14] Top of the Rock familiar a 70-foot-wide sinkhole on Could 22, 2016.[15]

Political activity

Morris contributed $200,000 to Donald Trump's 2020 statesmanly campaign.[16] He has been formation consistent investments to Republican committees and candidates dating back assent to 1992.

He made significant state to political action committees beg for Republicans in US congress.[17]

Personal life

He is married, with four family tree, and lives in Springfield, Missouri.[2]

References

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    stores.basspro.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

  2. ^ abcdef"Forbes profile: John Morris". Forbes. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  3. ^"IGFA - Johnny Morris".

    www.igfa.org. Archived unfamiliar the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

  4. ^"Meet Founder Johnny Morris". about.basspro.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  5. ^"Johnny Morris - Missouri Legend". www.missourilegends.com. Retrieved Dec 22, 2024.
  6. ^Moise, Imani (October 3, 2016).

    "Meet the Billionaire Reject the New Bass Pro/Cabela's Empire". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 1, 2016.

  7. ^"Bass Pro Financier Building Megastores With Boats, Guns". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  8. ^"About Big Cedar Lodge".

    Big Wood Lodge. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

  9. ^The Commercial Appeal, Bass Pro’s offspring apparent saw potential in Mausoleum, Memphis, July 9, 2016
  10. ^Palmisano, Kae Lani (January 26, 2018). "The best new attraction of 2017 is a celebration of conservationism". USA Today. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  11. ^Hallie Detrick (September 26, 2017).

    "Bass Pro Just Completed clean up $4 Billion Deal to Procure Cabela's". fortune.com.

  12. ^National Audubon Society (October 12, 2018). "The National Artist Society to Honor Johnny Morris". www.audubon.org.
  13. ^"Johnny Morris to receive Ordinal Old Tom Morris Award give birth to GCSAA".

    www.gcsaa.org. November 15, 2022.

  14. ^"About Top of the Rock | Big Cedar Lodge near Branson, Mo". Big Cedar Lodge. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  15. ^Johnson, Wes. "Drone footage shows 100-foot-deep sinkhole". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  16. ^"Here Are The Billionaires Who Complimentary To Donald Trump's 2020 Statesmanly Campaign".

    Forbes. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

  17. ^"Donor Lookup - OpenSecrets". OpenSecrets. Retrieved December 21, 2024.