Portrait of Howard Butt III & family

Rank #1336

Howard Butt III & family

Net worth $3.2B

Supermarkets · United States

Born
Apr 04, 1952
Age
74
Source
Supermarkets
Residence
San Antonio, Texas
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Howard Butt III is CEO of Texas grocery store chain H-E-B and serves on the board.
  • His uncle Charles Butt is the company's chairman.
  • His brother, Stephen Butt, is H-E-B's President of Shareholder Relations and its Central Market division, focused on specialty foods, and serves on the board. 
  • The Butt family owns a majority of the $50 billion (sales) company.
  • H-E-B has 455 stores in Texas and Mexico and employs 160,000 people.
  • H-E-B gives 5% of pretax profits to charity each year.
  • Butt's great-grandmother, Florence Butt, started the company in 1905.