John Mackey
Whole Foods Market co-founder and author
John Mackey co-founded Whole Foods Market and led it as CEO until 2022. He has also co-written books on conscious capitalism and leadership.
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American Born 1953 in Houston, United States
About John Mackey
John Mackey is an American businessman and author who co-founded Whole Foods Market in 1980. He served as its CEO until he retired in 2022, during which time the grocer grew from a single store in Austin, Texas, into a chain with hundreds of locations. Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement. He wrote Conscious Capitalism with Raj Sisodia in 2013, and it reached the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. He later co-wrote the follow-up, Conscious Leadership. In 2003 he was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He has also co-founded a later venture, Love.Life.