J christopher reyes biography

  • j christopher reyes biography

    • J. Christopher Reyes

    American businessman

    J. Christopher Reyes (born 1953) is an American billionaire businessman and the co-chairman, with his brother Jude Reyes, of Reyes Holdings, a food and beverage production and distribution company, ranked by Forbes in 2023 as the 6th largest privately held company in the US with $40 billion in annual revenue.[1]

    Early life

    Reyes was born in 1953, the eldest son of Joseph A. Reyes and Frances "Frannie" Marie Reyes (nee Collins) (1925-2013).[2][3] He has seven brothers and one sister, M. Jude Reyes, David K. Reyes, William F. Reyes, John J. Reyes, James V. Reyes, Julie Reyes Taubman, Thomas A. Reyes, and Stephen Reyes (died before 2013).[2][3]

    Reyes earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.[4]

    Career

    He began his business career by purchasing a small Schlitz beer distribution business in Spartanburg, South Carolina with his brother and fa