Doug Meijer
Grand Rapids, Michigan
United States
3
supermarkets
$5,900,000,000
224
3
#224 Billionaires 2019
#68 Forbes 400 2018
Brothers Hank and Doug Meijer stepped down as co-chairmen of grocery chain Meijer in 2017. Both remain on the company's board of directors. The brothers took over the family-owned company from their father, Frederik, in 1990. Their father and grandfather, Hendrik, a Dutch immigrant, started the company in 1934. Today Meijer operates over 230 supermarkets throughout the Midwest and has estimated sales of $17.4 billion.The company donates 6% of profits every year to a variety of causes throughout the Midwest.
Meijer pioneered the idea of one-stop shopping, now the staple of competitors like Walmart.Over 700,000 people visit The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan each year.
Hendrik Meijer
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