Rank #892
John Catsimatidis
Net worth $4.8B
Oil, real estate · United States
- Born
- Sep 07, 1948
- Age
- 77
- Source
- Oil, real estate
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Drop Out, New York University
Net worth over time
Biography
- John Catsimatidis is best known as the owner of New York City supermarket chain Gristedes.
- He also owns oil refinery United Refining in Pennsylvania, which he bought out of bankruptcy, and real estate in New York and beyond.
- He moved with his family from Greece to New York when he was an infant and grew up in an apartment in Harlem.
- He worked as a grocery clerk while attending New York University but dropped out for a chance to own a piece of the shop where he worked.
- Catsimatidis opened his own grocery store in 1969 and had 10 Red Apple stores by age 25.
- Catsimatidis has a weekly talk radio show, the Cats Roundtable, during which he interviews people involved in politics.
- Catsimatidis unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New York City in 2013.