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Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company. The current co-chairmen, brothers Hank and Doug ...
Frederik Gerhard Hendrik "Fred" Meijer (December 7, 1919 – November 25, 2011) was an American billionaire businessman who was the chairman of the Meijer hypermarket chain, headquartered near his former hometown in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Peter Meijer (nephew) Douglas Meijer (born 1955) is an American billionaire businessman who is the current co-chairman of the US supermarket chain Meijer . He, jointly with his brother, has a net worth of US$16.6 billion, as of January 2022.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received an $800,000 wire transfer from billionaire donor Hank Meijer days after it endorsed his son, then-Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), in a contentious 2022 primary ...
Mark Andrew Murray (born July 5, 1954) [1] is president of the Meijer chain of stores, based in Michigan. He was the third president of Michigan's Grand Valley State University, serving from 2001 to 2006. [2] [3]
Hank Meijer is the son of Lena Rader and Frederik Meijer, and grandson of Hendrik Meijer, who founded the US supermarket chain Meijer in 1934. [2] He was educated at Creston High School . [ 3 ] In 1973, he graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in literature.
Meijer was born on December 28, 1883, in Hengelo, Netherlands. [1] With the town being recently industrialized following the Industrial Revolution, his father worked under harsh conditions at a Stork B.V. mill. [2] [3] Beginning at the age of 12, Meijer worked at the mill himself, adopting anarchist and socialist views during this time.
In 2019, the company closed under-performing stores in Dayton, Ohio; [18] Louisville, Kentucky; [19] Ames, Iowa; [20] Grand Island, Nebraska; [21] [22] and Omaha, Nebraska. [23] [24] When founder and CEO Sherrell left the company in November 2019 and was replaced by Meijer executive Gerald Melville, the chain had expanded to 77 stores in 11 ...