Billionaire Charles Butt is the chairman and CEO of H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery chain that does billions of dollars in sales every year. The family enterprise includes 300 stores and 56,000 employees.
H-E-B got its start a century ago in Kerrville, when Charles C. and Florence Butt opened their first store with an initial investment of $60. Their youngest ...
Gov. Rick Perry, as the leader of the state Republican Party, has maneuvered through a conflict between GOP factions with mixed results. Whatever his place in the party and his political future, the problem is built into the coalition of interests in the Texas GOP.
Full StoryAn early look at the 25 people the magazine deems the most powerful in Texas.
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Houston homebuilder Bob Perry tops the list of the biggest donors to Texas candidates in the last half of 2009. McAllen developer Alonzo Cantu and Dallas businessman Ross Perot Sr. also gave large sums.
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