Hank Meijer

Hendrik G. "Hank" Meijer (born 1952)^[1] is an American billionaire businessman, co-chairman and CEO of the US supermarket chain Meijer.

Hank Meijer
Born	1952 (age 72–73)
Nationality	American
Education	Creston High School
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation(s)	Co-chairman and CEO, Meijer
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Liesel Litzenburger
Children	3, including Peter Meijer
Parent(s)	Frederik Meijer Lena Rader
Relatives	Doug Meijer (brother)

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]

Career

From 1973 to 1979, Meijer was a journalist.^[3] In 1979, he joined Meijer, rising to co-chairman and CEO.^[3]

According to Forbes, Hank and Doug Meijer have a joint net worth of $7.8 billion, as of June 2015.^[2]

Meijer is on the board of directors at the Kettering Foundation, an American non-partisan research foundation founded in 1927 by Charles F. Kettering.^[4]

Personal life

He has three children from his first marriage, and is now married to Liesel Litzenburger, a writer and novelist.^[3][5] He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.^[2]

He was a close friend of President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, and is vice-chairman and a trustee of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.^[6]

In 2015, his daughter's British ex-husband was jailed for 12 years for attempting to blackmail the family.^[7][8]

His son, Peter Meijer, is a former Republican Party congressman for Michigan's 3rd congressional district.^[9]

Works

• Arthur Vandenberg: The Man in the Middle of the American Century. University of Chicago Press. 2017. ISBN 978-0-226-43351-6. Retrieved February 5, 2018.