Portrait of J. Christopher Reyes

Rank #231

J. Christopher Reyes

Net worth $13.1B

Food distribution · United States

Born
Dec 29, 1953
Age
72
Source
Food distribution
Residence
Hobe Sound, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Maryland

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Chris Reyes, along with his brother Jude, co-chairs Reyes Holdings, a food and beverage distribution company with over $40 billion in revenues and nearly 30,000 employees.
  • Younger brother Duke Reyes is CEO, while brothers James and Tom are executives at beer distribution subsidiary Reyes Beverage Group.
  • Their father started the company with sons Chris and Jude in 1974 with a small Schlitz beer distributor in South Carolina purchased for $740,000.
  • Divisions include food distributor Martin-Brower, beer distributor Reyes Beverage Group and bottlers Great Lakes Coca-Cola and Reyes Holdings Coca Cola.
  • Reyes Holdings sold its food distribution subsidiary Reinhardt to Performance Food Group in 2019 for $2 billion.
  • Reyes Group arm Martin Brower delivers food to McDonald's, Panera and Chick-fil-A locations.
  • Reyes Beverage Group distributes 171 million cases of beer each year.