John A. Catsimatidis

   

John A. Catsimatidis
 Red Apple Group
823 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-956-5803 office
212-826-9865 home

John Catsimatidis was born in Greece in 1948 and brought to the United States by his parents while still an infant.  Raised in New York City, Mr.Catsimatidis attended high school in Brooklyn and then New York University.  Mr. Catsimatidis and his wife Margo Catsimatidis have two children; daughter Andrea John, “AJ” 10 years, and son,  John Andreas, Jr., “Yianni” 7 years.  

John Catsimatidis is Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Red Apple Group, Inc., a privately held company with annual sales of over $2 billion and 10,000 employees.  The Red Apple Group is a diversified company with holdings in a wide variety of operations such as:

OIL REFINING:  United Refining of Warren, Pennsylvania is a mid-sized oil refinery (70,000 bb/day).  Operating under the name "Kwik-Fill" the refinery operates 354 convenience stores and filling stations in Northwest New York and Western Pennsylvania.
SUPERMARKETS:  Operating under the names "Sloan's" and "Gristede's" this is the l largest supermarket chain in Manhattan.  Mr. Catsimatidis founded this business in 1969 while still in college and today operates 50 stores.  An   additional supermarket operating under the name "Grand Union" is located in the  Virgin Islands.  Mr.Catsimatidis is also the majority  stockholder of  "Gristede’s Food Inc."  a publicly traded company on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX:GRI).
REAL ESTATE:  Extensive commercial real estate holdings in New York, Florida and New  Jersey.
AVIATION: Operating under the name "Capitol Air Express" and "C&S   Acquisition", Mr. Catsimatidis has operated a worldwide, commercial   charter and aircraft leasing company with Boeing 727's and personal jet   aircraft.  Mr. Catsimatidis himself is a pilot.
NEWSPAPER:  Owner and Editor of the "Hellenic Times" newspaper, the largest Greek  American newspaper printed in English, in the United States.

Charitable & other Affiliations:

* Former Chairman of the "Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee"  (HANAC),a non-profit social services organization which operates low income      housing, medical services, housing for the elderly and home meal delivery in the  metropolitan New York City area.
** Co-Chairman and founder of the Brooklyn Tech Endowment Foundation. The $10,000,000 fund  is the largest gift to a secondary school in the United States.
** Director, "New York Police Athletic League", Honorable Robert Morganethau,   Chairman.
** Funds the John Catsimatidis Scholarship Fund at NYU School of Business.  Two  scholarships awarded annual since 1988.
** Past President (5 years term), Manhattan Council of Boy Scouts of America.
** ...also National Kidney Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Young Men's  Philanthropic League, and the Alzheimer's Foundation.

Boards/Trustee:

* New York Hospital
* St. Vincent's Home for Children- 1992-1994
* New York University Business School- 1988-1991
* Athens College- 1989 - Present
* Independent Refiners Coalition
* United Way of Greater New York- 1994 - Present
* New York Urban League- 1992-1994

 

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