John Ruan (businessman), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Ruan (businessman)
American businessman
Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1914
Date of Death: 14-Feb-2010
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About John Ruan (businessman)
- John Ruan (February 11, 1914 – February 14, 2010) was the former Chairman and CEO of The Ruan Companies and Chairman Emeritus of the World Food Prize. At the Ruan Companies, Ruan represented a diversified group of businesses with activities that include transportation, commercial banking, financial services, international trading and real estate development.In his native Iowa, Ruan was a major contributor in business and the development of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
- In the early 1970s, Ruan built the 36 story Ruan Center to house the administration of the growing number of Ruan companies.
- Ruan built the 33-story Marriott Hotel in 1980 and the 14-story Two Ruan Center in 1982.
- He was active in the development and building of the Des Moines Convention Center in 1985 as well as several parking ramps in the downtown area.
- Ruan also owned Bankers Trust Company, the largest independent bank in Iowa.
- Ruan funded ongoing research at Rush-Presbyterian-St.
- Lukes MS Clinic in Chicago and also sponsored the Ruan Neuroscience Center at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
- One of the top-ranked facilities of its kind, the Center provides quality care for people around the globe. Ruan began his trucking company in 1932 with only one truck.
- This small business grew into Ruan Transportation Management Systems, which is now one of the nation's largest trucking operations.
- Internationally, Ruan founded the Iowa Export-Import Trading Company, a business involving over 50 nations around the world. He was the subject of a 2003 biography, In for the Long Haul: The Life of John Ruan, by historian William B.
- Fredericks. Ruan died on February 14, 2010, three days after his 96th birthday.
- Ruan was survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Jayne Adams; two sons, John III, and Thomas; six grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
- His daughter, Jayne, died in 1992, at the age of 44.
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