John Mackey (businessman)
John Mackey (born August 15, 1953 ) is an American businessman and co-founder of Whole Foods Market .
Career
John Mackey studied philosophy and religion for several semesters and also worked for a vegetarian consumer cooperative . In 1978, he and his partner at the time founded a vegetarian supermarket , SaferWay, which two years later became Whole Foods Market through a merger.
literature
- Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (with Bill George and Rajendra Sisodia, Harvard Business Review Press , 2013). ISBN 978-1-422-14420-6
Individual evidence
- ^ 'Conscious Capitalism': Q&A with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. Forbes
- ^ Peace, love and profit - meet the world's richest organic grocer. Guardian
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SURNAME | Mackey, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American businessman |
DATE OF BIRTH | 15th August 1953 |