Joyce Raley Teel

Joyce Raley Teel owns the Raley's supermarket chain, which operates 128 stores in California and Nevada. The company includes Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source stores. Her father, Tom, opened the first Raley's supermarket in California's Gold Country in 1935 and expanded from there. She joined the company in 1985 and inherited it when her dad died in 1991. Joyce and her husband, Jim, serve as cochairs; her son Michael is CEO. With Raley's CEO emeritus Charles Collings, Teel established Food For Families in 1986, a non-profit organization that provides food for the needy.