Howard Butt III & family
$3.09B
as of 04/26/25
About Howard Butt III & family
Howard Butt III is CEO of Texas grocery store chain H-E-B and serves on the board.
His uncle Charles Butt is the company's chairman.
His brother, Stephen Butt, is H-E-B's President of Shareholder Relations and its Central Market division, focused on specialty foods, and serves on the board.
The Butt family owns an estimated 90% of the $42.5 billion (sales) company.
H-E-B has 449 stores in Texas and Mexico and employs 160,000 people.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
SupermarketsResidence
San Antonio, TexasMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/04/52 (age 73)Number of children
3Self-made
inherited and growingHoward Butt III & family’s fortune is worth
52K
troy ounces of gold
48K
median U.S. household
31K
median U.S. income
0.062%
U.S. credit card volume
0.012%
GDP of the United States
0.009%
United States debt
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H-E-B gives 5% of pretax profits to charity each year.
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