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History. Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company. The current co-chairmen, brothers Hank ...
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Early life. Hank Meijer is the son of Lena Rader and Frederik Meijer, and grandson of Hendrik Meijer, who founded the US supermarket chain Meijer in 1934. [2] He was educated at Creston High School. [3] In 1973, he graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in literature. [1]
Frederik Gerhard Hendrik "Fred" Meijer (December 7, 1919 – November 25, 2011) was an American billionaire businessman who was the chairman of the Meijer hypermarket chain, headquartered near his former hometown in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Meijer was born on December 28, 1883, in Hengelo, Netherlands. [1] With the town being recently industrialized following the Industrial Revolution, his father worked under harsh conditions at a Stork B.V. mill. [2] [3] Beginning at the age of 12, Meijer worked at the mill himself, adopting anarchist and socialist views during this time.