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.