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John Catsimatidis

Chairman & CEO of the Red Apple Group ONLINE

John Catsimatidis

Chairman & CEO of the Red Apple Group ONLINE

John Catsimatidis is the Chairman, CEO and owner of the Red Apple Group. www.ragny.com.

Red Apple Group, is a national conglomerate with holdings in Oil refining and biofuels, Nuclear Energy, Retail petroleum products, Convenience stores, Real estate, Aviation, Media, Supermarkets, Sports and Finance plus investments in both medical and industrial technology. 

United Refining is the largest refinery on the West Coast of Pennsylvania which refines 100% American crude oil. 

A new company United Nuclear Group, was recently set up to rollout small nuclear reactors and make “green” energy affordable.

Red Apple Real Estate has substantial investments in the New York, New Jersey, and Florida markets.

This division has multiple residential & commercial projects in downtown Brooklyn, Coney Island and Florida.  

Red Apple Media acquired the WABC radio station in New York City, in 2020, and took it from 28 place to No 1 in the New York market while building a robust syndication network carrying WABC’s programming across the country. 

On Sundays John hosts a very popular radio program, CatsRoundtable.com on and he also hosts Cats and Cosby, a live, evening drive-time show Monday through Friday in NYC.

His guests include Presidents, Senators, Governors, Opinion Leaders and Influencers, Movers and Shakers, Scientists and Newsmakers.

Mr. Catsimatidis’ companies post annual sales of approximately $8 billion. 

With over 8,000 employees, John Catsimatidis is a major employer, in the New York metropolitan area.

John is Vice Chairman of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America serving as the highest lay person. He heads the Religious Freedom Outreach for the Ecumenical Patriarch.

In 2013, Catsimatidis sought the Republican nomination for Mayor of New York City.

John is the author of the recent Best Seller, “How Far Do You Want To Go? Lessons From a Common-Sense Billionaire”.

John Catsimatidis son, John Jr. is the President of Red Apple Group and Chief Investment Officer and his daughter, Andrea Catsimatidis is Chair of Manhattan’s GOP & Vice Chair of the New York State GOP.

John and Margo Catsimatidis’ charitable interests, along with their children Andrea and John Jr., include the Kidney Foundation, Alzheimer’s Foundation, Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and the Police Athletic League. Margo has worked tirelessly as a member of each of these Boards.

 

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