#353 Billionaire
Juan Roig
$9.3B
$-6M
(-0.1%)
ES
· Age 76
Source of wealth: Supermarkets
Industry: fashion-retail
Residence: Valencia, ES
{
"bio": [
"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."
],
"about": [
"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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