Kenneth W. Ford (August 4, 1908 – February 8, 1997) was an American businessman and lumber mill owner from Asotin, Washington, who founded Roseburg Forest Products in 1936.
In 2017, his family was the 12th largest private landowners in the United States owning 783,000 acres in the Pacific Northwest, North Carolina and Virginia.
[1] Ford was born in Asotin, Washington, a small farming community on Snake River.
Ford originally wanted to operate a dairy farm but, after working for his father, he decided on the lumber business.
In 2017, after his family heirs purchased 158,000 acres of timberland in North Carolina and Virginia, the family became the 12th largest private landowners in the United States, owning a total of 783,000 acres in the Pacific Northwest, North Carolina and Virginia.