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Harvard Business School. Harvard University; The Wharton School.
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Charles Butt
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The privately held company has more than 300 stores and $20 billion in sales, according to Forbes magazine. Charles Clarence Butt was born on February 3, 1938, the son of Howard Edward Butt Senior and Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth, and the grandson of Florence Butt, who founded Higher Education Butt in 1905. Butt graduated from University of Pennsylvania"s Wharton School with a Bachelor of Arts / Science, where he also joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
He earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
He became president of the Higher Education Butt Grocery Company in 1971. On November 14, 2001, the Mexican government awarded Butt the Aguila Azteca medal for his philanthropic involvement and business dealings in Mexico.
In 2012, ExecReps ranked Butt as the #5 Chief Executive Officer on its Top Chief Executive List.
