Don Wehby, former Grace Kennedy CEO has died.

Don Wehby, a towering figure in corporate Jamaica and the former Group Chief Executive Officer of GraceKennedy Limited, has died. He was 62.

Wehby, who passed on Saturday, had been ailing. He retired from the food and finance conglomerate in February, after initially going on leave to focus on his health.

During his tenure as Group CEO from 2011 to 2025, Wehby more than doubled the company’s revenue, from $58 billion in 2011 to J$155 billion in 2023, the company said in February.

It added that Wehby spearheaded aggressive mergers and acquisitions, strengthening the 103-year-old conglomerate’s footprint across the Caribbean, North and Central America, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Wehby, who was a chartered accountant, joined GraceKennedy in 1995 and held senior roles across its food and financial divisions before being tapped to lead the group following the retirement of business titan Douglas Orane…