Mugar family

The Mugar family of Greater Boston, Massachusetts, is an Armenian-American family in New England business and in philanthropy, both in the United States and Armenia.

The best known member of the family is Stephen P. Mugar (1901–1982), who founded the Star Market chain of supermarkets on which the family fortune was based.

[1] The first family members to arrive in Boston were brothers, Charles and Martin Mugar (shortened from Mugardichian), who came from Kharpert, Ottoman Empire, in 1904.

They were joined in 1906 by their brothers, Arthur, Gregory and Sarkis Mugar, along with Sarkis Mugar's wife and three children, one of whom was Stephen P.

[2] The major objects of Mugar family philanthropic giving have been: