John William Amerman "Doc" Buyers (July 17, 1928 – May 20, 2006) was an American businessman.
He was best known as the chair and chief executive officer of the Hawaii company C. Brewer & Co.
He was sent to head C. Brewer, a Hawaii-based company in which IU had acquired a majority stake.
In 1986, Buyers organized a leveraged buyout of C. Brewer and became chairman and CEO of the newly independent company.
[3] In 1996, Buyers announced plans to relocate the company's headquarters to Hilo in 1998.