John Catsimatidis
John Catsimatidis
John A. Catsimatidisis a Greek-American billionaire businessman and radio talk show host. He is the owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Gristedes Foods, the largest grocery chain in Manhattan, and the Red Apple Group, a real estate and aviation company with about $700 million to $800 million in holdings in New York, Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Catsimatidis also owns the Hellenic Times, a Greek-American newspaper based in Manhattan. He is also the chairman and CEO of the Red...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 September 1948
It will be almost impossible for any other candidate to raise the money that the Clintons can raise.
It is tough that a lot of kids have single-family homes.
I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.
I think the rich should pay more in taxes - I agree with that 100 percent - but everybody should feel the pain a little bit.
I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.
The reason I grew so fast in the supermarket business, without help of the banks in those days, was through my vendors. I convinced my vendors, the companies I was doing business with, if I did more business, they would do more business.
In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.
I have a love factor with the minorities.
I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.
We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.
What transpired at Semgroup was no less than a $500 billion fraud on the people of the world.
You have to work at everything. You've got to make it work.
There are two New Yorks - Manhattan and everything else. I'm a Manhattanite. I feel sorry for those people who aren't.
We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.