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Line 1: {{short description\|American billionaire businessman}} {{Infobox person \| image = Line 4 ⟶ 5: \| name = Doug Meijer \| caption = \| birth_date = {{birth year and age\|1955}}▼ ~~\| birth_name =~~ ▲\| birth_date = 1955 \| birth_place = \| death_date = Line 12: \| restingplace = \| nationality = American ~~\| religion =~~ ~~\| ethnicity =~~ ~~\| residence = [[Grand Rapids]], Michigan, US~~ \| education = \| alma mater = [[University of Michigan]] \| occupation = Co-chairman, [[Meijer]] \| ~~salary~~spouse = divorced ~~\| networth = [[United States dollar\|$]]9.7 billion (January 2015, jointly with brother Hank)~~ ~~\| spouse =~~ \| parents = [[Frederik Meijer]] \| children = 31 \| relatives = [[Hank Meijer]] (brother)<br>[[Peter Meijer]] (nephew) \| website = }} '''Douglas Meijer''' (born 1955)~~<ref~~ ~~name=NNI>{{cite~~is ~~web\|title=Douglas~~an ~~(Doug)~~American ~~Meijer\|url=http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/douglas-doug-meijer/\|website=New~~[[billionaire]] ~~Netherland Institute\|accessdate=3 January~~businessman ~~2015}}</ref>~~who is anthe ~~American businessman,~~current co-chairman of the US supermarket chain [[Meijer]]. He, jointly with his brother, has a net worth of US$16.6 billion, as of January 2022. ==Early life== Meijer was born in 1955,<ref name=NNI>{{cite web\|title=Douglas (Doug) Meijer\|url=http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/douglas-doug-meijer/\|website=New isNetherland Institute\|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref> the son of [[Frederik Meijer]] and Lena Meijer, and grandson of Hendrik and Gezina Meijer. His grandfather, ~~who~~Hendrik Meijer, founded the US supermarket chain [[Meijer]] in 1934.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web\|title=Hank & Doug Meijer \|url=~~http~~https://www.forbes.com/profile/hank-doug-meijer/ \|website=Forbes \|accessdate=317 January ~~2015~~2022}}</ref> He has a degree from the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name=NNI/> ==Career== According to [[Forbes]], ~~Hank~~Meijer and ~~Doug~~his ~~Meijer~~brother Hank have a joint net worth of US$916.76 billion, as of January ~~2015~~2022.<ref name=Forbes/> ==Personal life== He lives in [[Grand Rapids]], Michigan.<ref name=Forbes/> In 2016, he discussed his ongoing struggle with depression that started in 2011, when his father died, he was diagnosed with cancer. He has been divorced twice. He has one daughter. <ref>{{cite web\|author=Leon Hendrix \|url=http://woodtv.com/2016/09/20/tonight-at-7-a-west-michigan-billionaires-battle-with-depression/ \|title=Doug Meijer: A billionaire's battle with depression \|website=WOODTV.com \|date=2016-09-20 \|accessdate=2017-03-24}}</ref> ~~He lives in [[Grand Rapids]], Michigan.<ref name=Forbes/>~~ His nephew, [[Peter Meijer]], is a former [[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives\|representative]] in Michigan.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/09/new-ad-aims-to-show-softer-side-of-trump-backed-congressional-candidate-john-gibbs.html \| title=New ad aims to show 'softer side' of Trump-backed congressional candidate John Gibbs \| date=21 September 2022 }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} ~~{{Current U.S. Richest People}}~~ ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME = Meijer, Doug~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American businessman~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = 1955~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meijer, Doug}} [[Category:1955 births]]▼ [[Category:Living people]] ~~[[Category:American businesspeople]]~~ [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:~~People~~Businesspeople from Grand Rapids, Michigan]] [[Category:Meijer family\|Doug]] [[Category:University of Michigan alumni]] ▲[[Category:1955 births]] {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub}}