John James Sainsbury

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John James Sainsbury (born June 12, 1844 in Lambeth , † 1928 ) was a British entrepreneur. He founded the British supermarket chain Sainsbury's .

He started out with a business in Holborn , City of London . At the time of his death, the company had over 200 branches. Today J Sainsbury plc (listed since 1973) has 934 stores, of which 557 are supermarkets and 377 (smaller) hypermarkets. His descendants still own 21% of the company's shares.

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SURNAME Sainsbury, John James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Lambeth
DATE OF DEATH 1928