COMPANY

Low-end retail chain, founded 1939 as J.L. Turner and Son, by J.L. and Cal Turner. First Dollar General concept store opened in 1955, and the company was renamed Dollar General as it went public in 1968.

Official Website:
http://www.dollargeneral.com/

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NYSE:DG

Corporate headquarters:
Goodlettsville, TN

Sales:
$7.6B (2005)

Employees:
63,200 (2005)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David L. Beré	Business	c. 1953		Interim CEO of Dollar General
Lawrence V. Jackson	Business	c. 1953		Wal-Mart executive
David A. Perdue, Jr.	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Dollar General, 2003-07

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David L. Beré	Business	c. 1953		Interim CEO of Dollar General
Dennis C. Bottorff	Business	c. 1944		CEO of First American, 1991-99
Barbara L. Bowles	Business	c. 1946		The Kenwood Group
Reginald D. Dickson	Business	c. 1947		Buford, Dickson, Harper & Sparrow
Gordon Gee	Educator	2-Feb-1944		President, Ohio State University
Barbara M. Knuckles	Business	c. 1948		Director of Development, North Central College
J. Neal Purcell	Business	c. 1942		Retired Partner, KPMG
James D. Robbins	Business	c. 1947		Former Managing Partner, PWC
Richard E. Thornburgh	Business	c. 1952		Credit Suisse First Boston
David M. Wilds	Business	c. 1941		Managing Partner, 1st Avenue Partners

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael M. Calbert	Business	c. 1963		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dean B. Nelson	Business	c. 1958		CEO of PRIMEDIA, 2005-07
David A. Perdue, Jr.	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Dollar General, 2003-07

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