| John Price | |
| Birth Name: | Hans Joachim Praiss |
| Order: | 14th |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country: | Mauritius |
| Term Start: | 26 April 2002 |
| Term End: | 22 June 2005 |
| President: | George W. Bush |
| Predecessor: | Mark Wylea Erwin |
| Successor: | Cesar B. Cabrera |
| Order2: | 14th |
| Ambassador From2: | United States |
| Country2: | Seychelles |
| Term Start2: | 17 July 2002 |
| Term End2: | 22 June 2005 |
| President2: | George W. Bush |
| Predecessor2: | Mark Wylea Erwin |
| Successor2: | Cesar B. Cabrera |
| Birth Date: | 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Spouse: | Marcia Poulsen |
| Children: | 3, 8 grandchildren |
| Party: | Republican |
| Profession: | Diplomat |
John Price (born 1933 in Berlin, Germany) is an American diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Mauritius and the Seychelles. He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors and CEO of JP Realty.
Price was born Hans Joachim Praiss[1] to a Jewish family in Germany in 1933 and experienced Kristallnacht as a child.[2] His family left Germany in April 1939, first for Panama and then the United States where they had relatives.[2] He moved to Utah at the age of 18[3] and earned a B.A. at the University of Utah in 1956.[2] In 1957, he founded J. Price Construction Co. and later, renamed JP Realty, Inc.[2] In January 1994, the company filed an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
He served as a trustee Administrator at the University of Utah from 1992 to 1999. He also has been an active supporter of George W. Bush.[4] [5] In 1957, he married Utah native Marcia Poulsen whom he met in college; they have three children.[6]