The Richest People in Produce


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Tue. March 4th, 2014 - by Jonathan Nivens

<p>Forbes has recently released a new list of the top wealthiest people in the world. The list includes billionaires from some of the top retail chains and produce companies. Included below is a selection from the 2014 Forbes Billionaires List, of people who are directly involved in the produce industry:<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#tab:overall" target="_new"> Click Here to View Forbes' Billionaires List 2014 </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/christy-walton_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#009 - $36.7B - <b>Wal-Mart</b> - Christy Walton &amp; family<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/jim-walton_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#010 - $34.7B - <b>Wal-Mart</b> - Jim Walton<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/alice-walton_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#013 - $34.3B - <b>Wal-Mart</b> - Alice Walton<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/s-robson-walton_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#014 - $34.2B - <b>Wal-Mart</b> - S. Robson Walton<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/no-pic_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#023 - $25B - <b>Aldi's, Trader Joe's</b> - Karl Albrecht<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/no-pic_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#036 - $19.3B - <b>Aldi's, Trader Joe's</b> - Theo Albrecht, Jr. &amp; family<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/sergei-galitsky_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#117 - $10.3B - <b>Magnit</b> (Russia's biggest supermarket chain) - Sergei Galitsky<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/charles-butt_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#121 - $10.1B - <b>H-E-B</b> - Charles Butt &amp; family<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/hank-doug-meijer_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#153 - $8.5B - <b>Meijer</b> - Hank &amp; Doug Meijer<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/galen-weston_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#153 - $8.5B - <b>Loblaw, George Weston Ltd.</b> - Galen Weston &amp; family<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/ann-walton-kroenke_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#305 - $4.8B - <b>Wal-Mart</b> - Ann Walton Kroenke<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/juan-roig_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#305 - $4.8B - <b>Mercadona</b> (Spanish supermarket chain) - Juan Roig<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/pierre-bellon_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#325 - $4.6B - <b>Sodexo</b> - Pierre Bellon &amp; family<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/nancy-walton-laurie_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#367 - $4.1B - <b>Wal-Mart</b> - Nancy Walton Laurie<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/nathan-kirsh_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#408 - $3.7B - <b>Jetro Holdings</b> (Wholesale supplier of small stores and restaurants in New York City) - Nathan Kirsh<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/j-christopher-reyes_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#430 - $3.6B - <b>Reinhart Foodservice</b> - J. Christopher Reyes<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/masatoshi-ito_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#446 - $3.5B - <b>Seven &amp; I</b> (Owns many 7-Eleven stores) - Masatoshi Ito<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/stewart-and-lynda-resnick_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#446 - $3.5B - <b>Paramount Citrus</b> - Stewart &amp; Lynda Resnick<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/christoffel-wiese_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#506 - $3.2B - <b>Shoprite Holdings</b> (South African grocery) - Christoffel Wiese<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/no-pic_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#609 - $2.8B - <b>Metro</b> - Michael &amp; Rainer Schmidt-Ruthenbeck<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/no-pic_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#609 - $2.8B - <b>Jerónimo Martins</b> (Portuguese food retailer) - Alexandre Soares dos Santos &amp; family<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/david-murdock_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#764 - $2.3B - <b>Dole Foods</b> - David Murdock<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="http://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/people/no-pic_100x100.jpg" alt="anuk030414" />#828 - $2.1B - <b>Globus &amp; Co.</b> (German supermarkets) - Thomas Bruch<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"></div><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">