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Eleanor Butt Crook & family
United States 93 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Supermarkets
- Industry
- Fashion & Retail
- Residence
- San Marcos, Texas
- Marital Status
- Widowed
- Children
- 3
Biography
Eleanor Butt Crook is an heir to the H-E-B grocery fortune.
The San Antonio-based chain has 455 stores in Texas and Mexico and generates $50 billion in revenues.
Crook's grandmother, Florence Butt, founded the company in 1905 after her husband was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was unable to work.
Crook has no role in day-to-day operations but serves on the board of directors.
Her brother, Charles Butt, who is chairman of H-E-B, is also a billionaire.
She and her late husband, Ambassador William Crook, started the Eleanor Crook Foundation to fight global malnutrition in 1997.