American billionaire (73) owes Fortuin to Grandpa from Hengelo: “I had also been happy with less”

He has $ 7 billion, leads 300 megasupermarkets and knew an American president so well that he called him “Jerry.” But Hank Meijer (73) is also just the grandson of a Twente textile worker. How did he get his fortune? “That I am on the Forbes list, I have to explain all day.”

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