Charles H. "Chuck" James III

By: Errol I. Mars

Company: C.H. James & Co. Holdings Inc.

Position: Chairman and CEO

Industry: Food Distribution & Processing

Country: United States

James III is the fourth generation of his family to own and run the wholesale food distribution business founded by his great grandfather in West Virginia. After joining the firm in 1985, Mr. James transformed the firm from a local food distributor to an investment holding company through acquisitions.

C.H. James & Co. is the oldest African-American owned firm in the United States. It was founded in 1881 when 19-year-old C.H. James began bartering pictures of the recently assassinated President Garfield for vegetables. C.H. built the business into a produce distributor. In 1916 when his son, E.L., joined the company they quit the retail business and became a wholesale fruit and produce distributor.Today C.H. James & Co. consist of three divisions; North American Produce (NAP), food processing; C.H. James & Co., the wholesale food distribution business which has been in operation for 123 years and Pinnacle, a produce grower, shipper and distributor.

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