- Charles Butt
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Charles Butt Education University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
Harvard Business SchoolOccupation grocer Employer H-E-B Net worth $4.0 Billion [1] Children None Charles Butt is an American grocer who took over his family's San Antonio-based H-E-B supermarket chain in 1971. The privately held company now has more than 300 stores and $12 billion in sales, according to Forbes magazine.
Biography
Butt graduated from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with a Bachelor of Arts / Science. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He became president of the H.E. Butt Grocery Company in 1971.[2]
On November 14, 2001, the Mexican government awarded Butt the Aguila Azteca medal for his philanthropic involvement and business dealings in Mexico.[3]
References
- ^ "The World's Billionaires - #212 Charles Butt & family" Forbes.com. Written March 10, 2010. Retrieved on 2010-03-14.
- ^ "H-E-B Official Website - History" HEB.com. Retrieved on 2010-04-23.
- ^ "Charles Butt to receive honor from Mexican government". San Antonio Business Journal. November 14, 2001. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2001/11/12/daily19.html. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
Categories:- 1940s births
- Living people
- American grocers
- American billionaires
- Wharton School alumni
- Harvard Business School alumni
- American business biography, 1940s birth stubs
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