huntsman. >> reporter: this is john huntsman sr., father of former republican presidential candidate an may not be quite as familiar as his son, the billionaire businessman philanthropist and multiple cancer survivor has made his mark. huntsman said his upbringing was tough. but 42 years ago, he started a small plastics company in southern california. >> in 1973, we doped the big mac hamburger container. >> since then it's grown into one of the largest petro chemical and plastics companies in the world. he's developed an addiction to giving. >> i'm pleased to say right from the beginning we started giving money away to charity, over 40 years ago. even when i had to borrow money from the bank. >> i just wanted to have the best in the world. and i believe that's where we are today. >> that's. >> because cancer has hit his family hard. his mother who taught him about the importance of giving died from cancer. as diz his father and stepmother. and huntsman spared. he has survived prostate cancer, mouth cancer and two types of skin cancer. so he built a state-of-the-art cancer center that

this is john huntsman, sr., father of john huntsman, jr.man may not be quite as familiar as his son, the billionaire philanthropist cancer survivor started a small plastics company in southern california. >> in 1973 a small team that worked with me, we invented the big mac hamburger container. >> over the years the little company has grown into the huntsman corporation, one of the largest plastics industrial firms in the world. he describes himself an ideal junkie. >> right from the beginning we started giving money away to charity, even when i had to borrow it from the bang. >> huntsman's main charitable focus for nearly two decades, building the huntsman cancer institute. >> i just wanted to have the best in the world. i believe that's where we are today. >> that's because cancer has hit his family hard. his mother, who taught him about the importance of giving, died from cancer, as did his father and stepmother. and huntsman wasn't spared. he has survived prostate cancer, mouth cancer and two types of skin cancer. so he built a state of