Donald J. Tyson, Food Tycoon, Is Dead at 80 By ROBERT D. McFADDEN Published: January 6, 2011 Donald J. Tyson, an aggressive and visionary entrepreneur who dropped out of college and built his fatherâs Arkansas chicken business into the behemoth Tyson Foods, one of the worldâs largest producers of poultry, beef and pork, died on Thursday. He was 80 and lived in Fayetteville, Ark.
So did I. That totally got me. Anyhow, Don Tyson was a good entrepreneur who had great vision. He led Tyson Foods from a small regional chicken company to a multibillion dollar food-processing enterprise. He was a great man. RIP. And condolences to those he left behind.