Billionaire developer reveals secrets to his never-be-satisfied, rags-to-riches life

John Catsimatidis says he’s never satisfied with success. "Every time I climb a mountain, I see another one I want to climb."

John Catsimatidis recently spoke at a book signing event at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
John Catsimatidis recently spoke at a book signing event at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
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Billionaire real estate developer and grocery magnate John Catsimatidis, a fast-talking, sometimes brash and almost always colorful character — with seemingly enough stories to match his bank account — lives by, for him at least, what appears to be a counterintuitive leadership principle: he uses the two ears, one mouth approach.

 

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