Eleanor Butt Crook & family

$3.67B

as of 10/04/24

About Eleanor Butt Crook & family

Eleanor Butt Crook is an heir to the H-E-B grocery fortune.

The San Antonio-based chain has 435 stores in Texas and Mexico and generates $42.5 billion in revenues.

Crook's grandmother, Florence Butt, founded the company in 1905 after her husband was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was unable to work.

Crook has no role in day-to-day operations but serves on the board of directors.

Her brother, Charles Butt, who is chairman of H-E-B, is also a billionaire.

She and her late husband, Ambassador William Crook, started the Eleanor Crook Foundation to fight global malnutrition in 1997.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Supermarkets

Residence

San Marcos, Texas

Marital status

Widowed

Birth date

07/21/32 (age 92)

Number of children

Self-made

inherited