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Whole Foods CEO Says Amazon Merger Enabled Long-Term Thinking
John Mackey—the father of conscious capitalism—says the company’s emphasis on technology should prove transformative, even if he doesn’t love everything about the arrangement.
John Mackey
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Wrenching events like the pandemic put a business’s commitment to its values to the test, says Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey. But his company has stuck to its focus on healthy fare and small suppliers during the crisis.
●John Mackey, a vegan, co-founded Whole Foods in 1980 ● He sold the company to Amazon for $13.7 billion in 2017, months after an activist investor pushed for changes ● Mackey in September released his latest book, Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business