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Whole Foods Market

Supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, known for organic selections. Founded in 1980 and owned by Amazon since 2017; John Mackey co-founded it and was CEO until 2022.

Part of Amazon.

Of the 1 person here linked to Whole Foods Market, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at Whole Foods Market

Founder

Role

Co-founder and chief executive officer, 1980–2022
Source · high confidence. Wikipedia also says he was chairman of the board from 1978 until December 2009 and remained a board member after that; no later board status is stated.
Past
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John Mackey
Co-founder and longtime CEO, Whole Foods Market
professional-class · some · some college