Howard Jenkins (born 1952/53) is an American

billionaire A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The American busin ...

businessman, the son of

George W. Jenkins George Washington Jenkins Jr. (September 29, 1907 – April 8, 1996) was an American businessman, who founded Publix, Publix Super Markets. As of 2016, the employee-owned, privately held corporation included 1,100 stores in the Southeastern Unite ...

, the founder of

Publix Super Markets Publix Super Markets, Inc., commonly known as Publix, is an employee-owned American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corporation that is wholly owned by present and ...

, and its chairman and CEO from 1990 to 2001. His family is among the richest in Florida and thirty-ninth richest in America, according to Forbes, with a net worth of $8.8 billion in 2020.

Early life

He is the son of

, the founder of

. He has a degree from Emory University.

Career

Jenkins was chairman and CEO of Publix from 1990 to 2001.

Personal life

Jenkins is married, with two children, and lives in

Tampa Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County ...

, Florida. His wife works for Apollo Environmental, which specializes in "hazardous materials consulting and analysis".

Philanthropy

Howard and Patricia Jenkins donated $10 million to the University of Tampa, which both their children attended, and a residence hall will be named in their honour.

References

1950s births Living people American billionaires American businesspeople People from Tampa, Florida Emory University alumni University of Tampa {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub