John Mackey, Cofounder And Co-CEO Of Whole Foods

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John Mackey, Cofounder and Co-CEO of Whole Foods Market in 2006 wrote a letter to all of his employees stating he was now reducing his salary to $1 a year, and would donate his stock portfolio to charity. Mackey also set-up a 100,000 dollar emergency fund for any staff member facing personal problems to use in the event they needed it . Mackey stated he was now at the age in his life where he no longer work for money, but simply for the joy of work itself and to better answer the call to service that he felt in his heart(Paumgarten,2010).
Human capital is promoted through the relationships and bonds that have been established between Mackey, partners, and stockholders for the Whole Foods Store. Whole Foods has fundamentally changed the way