About Jenkins family
- The Jenkins family built and own part of Florida-based Publix Super Markets, which operates 1,360 grocery stores in eight southeastern states.
- Publix is the largest employee-owned company in the U.S.; employees and former employees own an estimated 80% and Jenkins family members own the rest.
- George Jenkins (d. 1996) founded the company in 1930 after he left now-rival Piggly Wiggly; it now employs 250,000 people at its stores.
- Publix is chaired by William E. "Ed" Crenshaw, a grandson of founder George Jenkins; Crenshaw was CEO from 2008 to 2016.
- Two other family members--Jennifer Jenkins and Howard Jenkins--serve on the board of Publix, which had $54.5 billion in 2022 revenues, up 13.6% from the prior year.
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- Fortune Founded
- 1930
- Source of Wealth
- Publix Super Markets
- Company Headquarters
- Lakeland, Florida
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