John Thomas's whale clay/tone (* 8 October 1946; "† 27 June 2005 in Jackson, Wyoming) was an US-American entrepreneur.

He was the second son and inheritance of the founder of the world largest supermarket chain whale Mart, SAM whale clay/tone and Helen Robson whale clay/tone. It had two brothers, Samuel Robson whale clay/tone (* 1944) and James Carr whale clay/tone (* 1948), as well as a sister Alice L. whale clay/tone (* 1949). If it was married with Christy whale clay/tone, with which it a son, hatch, had.

Whale clay/tone visited the college OF Wooster.

Since 1992 it was member of the board of the enterprise. In addition he was a chairman of the risk capital enterprise True North of partner. Beyond that it engaged in the company-owned donation "whale clay/tone Family Foundation ", those the education by children from poorer conditions and scholarship programs supported and donated themselves for it several millions US Dollar.

The was one of the richest men of the USA. The magazine "Forbes" set it 2005 in the list of richest humans of the world on place eleven. In the USA it was located together with four further family members on place four of the list.

Whale clay/tone was during the Viet Nam war with the elite unit "Green Berets" and with the Silver star Viet Nam was distinguished. Later he than boat farmer worked and than agrarian flier plant protection agent with the airplane yielded.

With the crash of its single-seat ultralight aircraft in Jackson in the US Federal State Wyoming, even built, whale clay/tone died on 27 June 2005, although it was considered as an experienced pilot. The cause of accident is still unclear.

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