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Jude Reyes

United States 70 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Food distribution
Residence
Palm Beach, Florida
Organization
Co-Chairman at Reyes Holdings
Education
Wofford College (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

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.

About

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.