Donald Friese

Donald Friese: Biography in Details

Who is Donald Friese?

Donald Friese is an American billionaire. He is a businessman and entrepreneur. Frise is the CEO and former owner of C.R. Laurence.

Donald Friese: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Donald Friese was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1940. As of 2024, his age is 84. There is no information about his parents. He has twelve siblings.

He was the third child of his parents and has two older siblings and ten younger siblings. Donald spent his childhood days in York.

At the age of 5, his parents took him alongside one of his brothers to an orphanage. At age 12, he started living and working on a dairy farm, a hog, and a farm.

His ethnicity is Caucasian.

Education

There is no information about his educational background. He has completed high school studies.

Donald Friese: Professional Life, Career

After high school graduation, he was immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army. The year was 1958, the Korean War had ended and it was before the American troops went to Vietnam. He trained as a missile mechanic. Donald served in Taiwan and Okinawa. He spent three years serving in the army.

After completing his service, Friese began his journey at C.R. Laurence in Los Angeles. At that time, the company had just one location. He started working there with an ‘entry-level job’ and as its sixth employee.

Some years later, the owner of C.R., Bernie Harris sold him a 10% stake. Starting from there, he acquired more and eventually bought Harris out completely when he retired. After Harris’ retirement in 1997, he bought another 50% which he had not owned previously.

Donald started expanding the business and acquired competitors. He also launched a manufacturing operation. The company manufactured more than 65,000 products by 2015 for the glass industry.

The Irish conglomerate CRH plc bought the company for$1.3 a billion cash in 2015. He retained most of the real estate and continued as the CEO of the company. According to reports, he earned around $885 million from the sale of the company.

Donald Friese: Net Worth, Salary

As of 2024, Donald Friese has an estimated net worth of around $1.1 billion. Frise is a Forbes-listed businessman and has earned millions of dollars from his company, C.R. Laurence. Friese made around $885 million when he sold the company.

He owns a house in Chatsworth where he lives with his wife and a $16 million weekend house in Malibu.

Donald Friese: Rumors and Controversies

Friese has not been involved in any controversies. Also, he has not done anything controversial to harm his reputation. Similarly, there are no rumors about him. He is a very well-respected businessman.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Donald Friese has salt-and-pepper-colored hair and brown eyes. There is no information about his height and weight. Similarly, he has not revealed his other body measurements including shoe size, etc.

Social Media

Friese is not active on social media sites. He is a billionaire businessman and probably does not have time to spend on social media sites. He is not active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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