John Catsimatidis
John Catsimatidis
John A. Catsimatidisis a Greek-American billionaire businessman and radio talk show host. He is the owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Gristedes Foods, the largest grocery chain in Manhattan, and the Red Apple Group, a real estate and aviation company with about $700 million to $800 million in holdings in New York, Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Catsimatidis also owns the Hellenic Times, a Greek-American newspaper based in Manhattan. He is also the chairman and CEO of the Red...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 September 1948
As mayor, I would support law enforcement, not knock it down.
People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'
I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.
One mentor I had taught me that people do what you inspect, not necessarily what you expect. In other words, if nobody is watching, there will be some slack off.
I am a real New Yorker... I didn't go to Harvard, I didn't go to Yale... I rooted for the Yankees; I didn't root for the Boston Red Sox.
Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad.
My father died in '97. But at least he lived until 93, so he saw my success.
It is tough that a lot of kids have single-family homes.
It will be almost impossible for any other candidate to raise the money that the Clintons can raise.
Americans like buying American vs. buying from Chavez or buying from the Middle East.
I think New York is destined to have a Democratic mayor, and I want Freddy Ferrer to be that mayor.
I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.
I promoted myself as a fusion ticket. I was running as a Republican liberal.
I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.