J Christopher Reyes

Chairman since January 1998 of Reyes Holdings, L.L.C. and its affiliates, a privately held food and beverage distributor. Mr. Reyes is also a director of General Dynamics Corporation. The Reyes brothers got their start in 1976, when their father bought a small Schlitz distributor in South Carolina, according to Forbes. Reyes Holdings is now the nation’s biggest beer distributor, carrying about 151 million cases a year and has two Coca-Cola bottlers and distributors. Reyes Holdings is one of the largest private companies in Chicago, with 2020 revenue of about $28 billion.