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John Robert Menard Jr. (born January 22, 1940) is an American billionaire businessman who is the founder and owner of Menards, a Midwestern chain of home improvement stores. He is a former IndyCar racing team owner, and the father of former NASCAR Cup Series driver Paul Menard .
A native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Menard is the son of Menards founder John Menard Jr. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, [11] majoring in business. He currently resides in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area with his wife Jennifer. [12] The couple had their first child, a daughter, on March 18, 2014. [13]
John Menard may refer to: John Menard Jr. (born 1940), businessman; John Willis Menard (1838–1893), politician This page was last edited on 28 ...
In 1999, Gordon came within one lap of winning the Indianapolis 500, driving his own car sponsored by John Menard. After racing hard all day, he was in the lead and trying to conserve enough fuel to finish the race without a final pit stop, but his fuel ran out coming out of turn 3 on the penultimate lap and he had to give up the lead to Sweden ...
Menard, Inc., doing business as Menards, (/ m ə ˈ n ɑːr d z / mə-NARDZ) is an American big-box home improvement retail chain headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.It is the third-largest home improvement retailer in the United States (behind Lowe's and Home Depot), with 351 stores in 15 U.S. states, primarily in the Midwest. [1]
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Menard was a poet, the author of Lays in Summer Lands (1879). Menard was also the editor of the Florida News and the Southern Leader from 1882 to 1888. [8] Menard died in the District of Columbia and was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Washington, D.C. [9] When Graceland closed in 1894, his remains were moved to nearby Woodlawn Cemetery. [9]
His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, was killed in a car crash at age 22 in 1992. [26] Ramsey married his second wife, Patsy Ramsey, in 1980, with whom he had two children, Burke and JonBenét. Patsy died of ovarian cancer in 2006 at age 49. After his wife's death, Ramsey met Beth Holloway, mother of missing Natalee Holloway.