DE222 Honoree: Chris Kenny

Title: President & CEO

Chris Kenny | PHOTO COURTESY OF KENNY FAMILY SHOPRITES

Workplace: Kenny Family ShopRites of Delaware

For over 25 years, Chris Kenny has led multiple ShopRite supermarkets in Delaware, which now generate an estimated $300 million in annual revenue and employ over 1,000 people. In addition to serving as president and CEO of his multi-generational family business, Kenny has served on over a dozen local nonprofit boards, including Goodwill of Delaware, and is actively involved in community groups such as the St. Thomas More Society of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. He’s also been active in politics and media, founding the advocacy group A Better Delaware and the Delaware Live news outlet.