John Prideaux

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643 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 19 Jun

John Prideaux’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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For someone who could quite literally buy anything he wants, John seems delightfully unfussed about appearances.

But he clearly is proud of the status that his wealth has afforded him.

John Katzmatidis wasn't born into a world of presidential libraries and million dollar fundraisers.

In fact, he wasn't even born in the US.

He was born on the island of Nysiros in Greece.

He arrived in the US by boat in nineteen forty nine.

He was six months old.

John grew up in an apartment block in West Harlem.

No elevators in this one.

He came up through a different kind of New York to Barbara's, but still with the same central themes.

Hard work, perseverance, and upward social mobility.

John also turned out to be good at maths.

He got a place at NYU to study electrical engineering.

After his first year he came home for the summer.

his

parents had other ideas.

This was the late nineteen sixties.

John dropped out of college and bought his own grocery store, which he named Red Apple.

Before long, there were ten Red Apple stores scattered along Broadway, and he was reportedly making a million dollars a year.

Over the coming decades, his Red Apple Group expanded its operations into aviation, oil refineries and real estate.

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