Hendrik Meijer

Entrepreneur

Birthday December 28, 1883

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace California

DEATH DATE May 31, 1964 (80)

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About

Dutch immigrant who opened the first Meijer grocery store in 1934.

Before fame

His first business endeavor was a barber shop.

Trivia

He was a Dutch businessman who founded a U.S. grocery chain based in Michigan.

Family life

His children took over the family business and his grandsons became the co-chairmen.

Associated with

His family donated a section of the Berlin Wall to the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1991.