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    Meet New York grocery billionaire John Catsimatidis, the outspoken Trump supporter who sleeps with James Bond's gun under his pillow

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    • John Catsimatidis is the owner of New York City supermarket chain Gristedes Foods.
    • The billionaire told Daily Mail this week that kids are "too busy on TikTok" to grow careers.
    • Catsimatidis is an outspoken Trump supporter and hosts a political talk show.

    John Catsimatidis was born on the Greek island of Nisyros, but his family moved to West Harlem when he was about six months old.

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    His father was a lighthouse operator in Greece and served as a busser at a restaurant when the family moved to New York City. 

    Source: Daily Mail, NY Report

    Before he launched his grocery chain, 74-year-old Catsimatidis first worked in a supe

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    Mr. John Catsimatidis / Chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group

    John Catsimatidis is the Chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group, which has holdings in real estate, retail petroleum products, convenience stores, oil refining, heating oil, transportation fuels, insurance, finance,  aviation, and supermarkets, with investments in both medical and industrial technology. John also hosts a #1 rated weekly radio program on AM970TheAnswer.
    In 2013, John sought the Republican nomination for Mayor of New York City, and finished second with 41% of the vote against an establishment candidate.

    Born in Greece on the island of Nisyros, John and his family came to New York in 1948 when he was 6 months old, living in a walk up apartment in Harlem.
    John attended Public and Parochial schools, and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School. In 2008 he co-founded the $10 million Brooklyn Tech Endowment Fund, the first of its kind for a public school.
    While studying engineering at NYU, Joh

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    John Catsimatidis Jr.

    American businessperson

    John A. Catsimatidis Jr. is the president and chief operating officer of Red Apple Group; a $7 billion conglomerate with operations in energy, supermarkets, media, real estate, and investments.[1] He was formerly executive vice president and chief investment officer.[2] Red Apple Group was founded by his father, John A. Catsimatidis.

    Early life and education

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    Catsimatidis attended New York University, majoring in finance and management[3] and graduated in 2015.[4] While attending, Catsimatidis was the president of his university's College Republicans chapter. From February 2014 to April 2016, he was the chairman of the New York statsförbund of College Republicans.[5] As chairman, he was noted for civilly disagreeing with his father about the 2014 New York gubernatorial election, with his father hosting 'Republicans for Cuomo' events, while he said that "it fryst vatten my duty to help

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