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
Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad.
One mentor I had taught me that people do what you inspect, not necessarily what you expect. In other words, if nobody is watching, there will be some slack off.
People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'
Americans like buying American vs. buying from Chavez or buying from the Middle East.
As mayor, I would support law enforcement, not knock it down.
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.
I'm not ashamed of being successful. You know, they criticized Romney for being ashamed of it. I think we've got to inspire our kids that we shouldn't be ashamed to be successful.
I'm not a Johnny-come-lately Jew. I've been around. I watch out for the Jews; I watch out for the Catholics.
I just want to reflect the respect I have for animals.
I think New York is destined to have a Democratic mayor, and I want Freddy Ferrer to be that mayor.
I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.
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 promoted myself as a fusion ticket. I was running as a Republican liberal.