Profil Financier
Juan Roig occupe actuellement le rang #324 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur luxe, mode & beauté). Fortune nette estimée : $10.9 B (+$394 sur 24h).
The richest grocer in Spain, Juan Roig is president and majority owner of supermarket giant Mercadona.
Roig, his three siblings and wife Hortensia Herrero, bought the chain in 1981 from his father when it had just 8 stores.
By 2006, Mercadona had opened its 1,000th store; it now has about 1,700 locations in Spain and Portugal.
Mercadona pays 25% of the company's pre-tax profits in wages to its 115,000 employees.
Roig created an "innovation cluster" in Valencia, Spain, where he invests in young entrepreneurs.
Roig is the largest shareholder of the Valencia Basket Club, a professional basketball team in his hometown.