Juan Roig
$10.1B
Born
Oct 08, 1949
Age
76
Source of Wealth
Supermarkets
Residence
Valencia,
Citizenship
Spain
Marital Status
Married
Children
4
Education
- The richest grocer in Spain, Juan Roig is president and majority owner of supermarket giant Mercadona.
- Roig, his three siblings and wife Hortensia Herrero, bought the chain in 1981 from his father when it had just 8 stores.
- By 2006, Mercadona had opened its 1,000th store; it now has about 1,700 locations in Spain and Portugal.
- Mercadona's nearly 110,000 employees receive about a 25% share of the company's pretax profits.
- Roig created an "innovation cluster" in Valencia, Spain, where he invests in young entrepreneurs.
- He is the largest shareholder of the Valencia Basket Club, a professional basketball team in his hometown.
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