Joseph C. Grendys (born 1961 or 1962) is an American billionaire who is the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Koch Foods, a chicken processing company.
[2] He was educated at Holy Cross High School in River Grove and worked at Koch Foods part-time while a student.
[4] In 2011, Koch employed 14,000 people, had an annual turnover of $2.8 billion, and was one of America's five largest "fully-integrated chicken processors.
Rather than running a chicken company, he sees it as "the business of converting corn and soybeans into meat protein.
[7] Grendys lives "relatively modestly in the Chicago bungalow where he grew up and drives a beat-up old Cadillac.