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Howard Butt III & family

United States 74 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Supermarkets
Residence
San Antonio, Texas
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Biography

Howard Butt III is CEO of Texas grocery store chain H-E-B and serves on the board.

His uncle Charles Butt is the company's chairman.

His brother, Stephen Butt, is H-E-B's President of Shareholder Relations and its Central Market division, focused on specialty foods, and serves on the board.

The Butt family owns a majority of the $50 billion (sales) company.

H-E-B has 455 stores in Texas and Mexico and employs 160,000 people.

About

H-E-B gives 5% of pretax profits to charity each year.

Butt's great-grandmother, Florence Butt, started the company in 1905.