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
I could be like Joe Kennedy and say, 'My kids are going to run for president!'
I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.
It is tough that a lot of kids have single-family homes.
New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.
New York is for everybody; it's for the poor, it's for the middle-class, it's for the wealthy. We can't punish any one group and chase them away.
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.
Anytime you cut food stamps, it naturally affects sales. People spend less.
I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.
I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.
I have a love factor with the minorities.
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.
Am I a Republican? Yes. Am I a Democrat? Yes. Am I a conservative? Yes. Am I a liberal? Yes.
It will be almost impossible for any other candidate to raise the money that the Clintons can raise.
It seems everyone knows the value of a cantaloupe or a quart of milk.