Who is the biggest shareholder for Kroger?

The Vanguard Group, Inc. is the largest shareholder in Kroger, with 78,599,303 shares, translating into a 10.98% stake.

Other shareholders include:

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.	7.02%	50,268,823
BlackRock Fund Advisors	6.27%	44,879,640
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.	4.95%	35,431,707

Kroger was founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it operates: 2,720 grocery retail stores under its various banners and divisions in 35 states and the District of Columbia with store formats that include:

• 134 multi-department stores,
• 2,277 combo stores,
• 188 marketplace stores, and
• 121 price-impact warehouse stores.

The Kroger Company is the United States’ largest supermarket operator by revenue and fifth-largest general retailer.

The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States and it is ranked #17 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Kroger is owned by 79.07% institutional shareholders, 1.70% Kroger Co insiders, and 19.23% retail investors.

W. Rodney McMullen is the largest shareholder, owning 3.42M shares or around 0.48% of the company.

The largest institutional investor is the Vanguard Group, which owns 10.98% of the company.