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George Washington Jenkins Jr. (September 29, 1907 – April 8, 1996) was an American businessman who founded Publix Super Markets. As of 2016, the employee-owned, privately held corporation included 1,100 stores in the Southeastern United States with 170,000 employees and sales of $32 billion.
George Jenkins was persuaded to stay and work for him to make the money he needed for school before heading back. So, in June of 1925, the Publix founder started as a broom pusher and store clerk — a journey that, little did he know, would lead him to start his very own supermarket.
Learn about the life and legacy of George W. Jenkins, the founder of Publix Super Markets Inc., who started his first store in 1930 and expanded across Florida. Discover how he created a company culture of customer and employee satisfaction, innovation and sustainability.
Learn how Publix founder George Jenkins built a company on a set of values that make it special to associates, customers, and communities. Discover the six lessons he believed in and how they shape Publix culture today.
Learn about the life and legacy of George W. Jenkins, who started his own grocery store in 1930 and built it into a supermarket empire. He was a visionary leader, a philanthropist and a golf enthusiast who received many honors and awards.
Apr 10, 1996 · George W. Jenkins, founder of Publix Supermarkets, the nation's ninth-largest grocery retailing chain and one of its most innovative, died on Monday at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center, a...
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Mar 5, 2014 · Inside every Publix supermarket hangs a portrait of its late founder George Jenkins. Customers pass by those portraits every day, many never knowing what kind of person Jenkins, more...
