John Mackey
1953–present · Austin, Texas
Co-founding Whole Foods Market in Austin and running it for 44 years, building the world's largest natural and organic grocer by refusing to compete on price, then selling it to Amazon for about $13.7 billion.
Sale to Amazon About $13.7 billion, announced June 2017
Years as CEO 44, from 1980 to September 2022
Stores at the Amazon deal More than 460 in the US, Canada and the UK
His own salary from 2007 on $1 a year, by his own request
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