Friedrich Weyerhäuser
Friedrich Weyerhäuser | |
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| Born | November 21, 1834 |
| Died | April 4, 1914 (aged 79) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Chippiannock Cemetery Rock Island, Illinois 41°28′54″N 90°34′40″W / 41.48167°N 90.57778°W |
| Nationality | German–American |
| Other names | Frederick Weyerhaeuser |
| Known for | Founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company |
| Spouse | Sarah Elizabeth Bloedel |
| Children | John, Elise, Rudolph, Frederick, Apollonia, Charles, Margaret |
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Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuser (November 21, 1834 – April 4, 1914), also spelled Weyerhaeuser, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company, which owns sawmills, paper factories, and other business enterprises as well as large areas of forested land in the northern United States. He is the eighth-richest American of all time, with a net worth of $85 billion in 2016 dollars. He was known as the "timber-king of the Northwest."