Price was born Hans Joachim Praiss to a Jewish family in Germany in 1933 and experienced Kristallnacht as a child . His family left Germany in April 1939 , first for Panama and then the United States where they had relatives . He moved to Utah at the age of 18 and earned a B.A. at the University of Utah in 1956 . In 1957 , he founded J. Price Construction Co. and later , renamed JP Realty , Inc . In January 1994 , the company filed an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange
Kristallnacht
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John Price (diplomat)