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
While in my late teens and in my 20s, I worked seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I worked my tail off.
We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.
There are two New Yorks - Manhattan and everything else. I'm a Manhattanite. I feel sorry for those people who aren't.
I respect John Kennedy for saying that he had a dream that we'd go to the moon before the end of the decade.
I was a Mitt Romney Republican because he was pro-business.
Grocery stores can't afford to pay $80 a square foot. At that rate, we are going out of business.
When the commodities go up and the cost of transportation is going up, and the value of the dollar is going down, it's all going to translate to an 8 to 10 percent rise in food prices.
I think the rich should pay more in taxes - I agree with that 100 percent - but everybody should feel the pain a little bit.
I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.
I could be like Joe Kennedy and say, 'My kids are going to run for president!'
I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.
I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.
I have a love factor with the minorities.
In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.