J. Christopher Reyes (2024)

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  • Chris Reyes, along with his brother Jude, co-chairs Reyes Holdings, a food and beverage distribution company with over $40 billion in revenues and nearly 30,000 employees.
  • Younger brother Duke Reyes is CEO, while brothers James and Tom are executives at beer distribution subsidiary Reyes Beverage Group.
  • Their father started the company with sons Chris and Jude in 1974 with a small Schlitz beer distributor in South Carolina purchased for $740,000.
  • Divisions include food distributor Martin-Brower, beer distributor Reyes Beverage Group and bottlers Great Lakes Coca-Cola and Reyes Holdings Coca Cola.
  • Reyes Holdings sold its food distribution subsidiary Reinhardt to Performance Food Group in 2019 for $2 billion.

Wealth History

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Forbes Lists

#74

Forbes 400 (2024)

#272

Billionaires (2024)

Personal Stats

Age
70
Source of Wealth
Food distribution, Self Made
Self-Made Score
8
Philanthropy Score
1
Residence
Hobe Sound, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Maryland

Did you know

Reyes Group arm Martin Brower delivers food to McDonald's, Panera and Chick-fil-A locations.

Reyes Beverage Group distributes 171 million cases of beer each year.

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