Portrait of Jude Reyes

Rank #231

Jude Reyes

Net worth $13.1B

Food distribution · United States

Born
Sep 16, 1955
Age
70
Source
Food distribution
Residence
Palm Beach, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Wofford College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Together Jude Reyes and his brother Chris run Reyes Holdings, a $40 billion (sales) food and beverage distribution company.
  • The company got its start when the two brothers and their father bought a small Schlitz beer distributor in South Carolina for $740,000 in 1976.
  • Divisions include food distributor Martin-Brower, beer distributor Reyes Beverage Group and bottlers Great Lakes Coca-Cola and Reyes Holdings Coca Cola.
  • Younger brother Duke Reyes is CEO, while brothers James and Tom are executives at Reyes Beverage Group.
  • Reyes Beverage Group distributes 171 million cases of beer each year.
  • Reyes Group arm Martin Brower delivers food to McDonald's, Panera and Chick-fil-A locations.