Howard Butt III & family
$2.58B
as of 10/04/24
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, runs H-E-B's Central Market stores, a Whole Foods competitor, and is on the board of directors.
The Butt family owns an estimated 90% of the $42.5 billion (sales) company.
H-E-B has 423 stores in Texas and Mexico and employs 160,000 people.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
SupermarketsResidence
San Antonio, TexasMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/04/52 (age 72)Number of children
3Self-made
inherited and growingHoward Butt III & family’s fortune is worth
43K
troy ounces of gold
40K
median U.S. household
26K
median U.S. income
0.052%
U.S. credit card volume
0.01%
GDP of the United States
0.008%
United States debt
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Did you know?
H-E-B gives 5% of pretax profits to charity each year.
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