Alain Bouchard

Chairman and CEO, Alimentation Couche Tard Inc. Cl A

$7.45B

as of 07/05/24

About Alain Bouchard

Alain Bouchard cofounded convenience store conglomerate Alimentation Couche-Tard with a single Quebec shop in 1980.

As executive chairman, Bouchard still oversees the $63 billion (sales) company, which boasts more than 14,000 owned or franchised stores worldwide.

Bouchard, who grew the business rapidly by snatching up competitors, retired as president and CEO in September 2014.

Couche-Tard acquired the Circle K chain in 2003 and the Holiday Stationstores and CST Brands chains in 2017.

Couche-Tard made a $20 billion bid for French food retailer Carrefour in early 2021, but the French government nixed the deal.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Canada

Source of wealth

Convinience stores

Residence

Montreal, Canada

Marital status

Married

Birth date

02/18/49 (age 75)

Number of children

Self-made

self-made

Alain Bouchard’s fortune is worth

124K

troy ounces of gold

115K

median U.S. household

74K

median U.S. income

0.149%

U.S. credit card volume

0.03%

GDP of the United States

0.022%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Bouchard got his start stocking shelves at his brother's franchised Perrette store and, after climbing the ladder at two chains, struck out on his own.