COMPANY

Founded 1983 by Jeffrey H. Brotman and James D. Sinegal. Merged with Price Club (founded 1976), in 1993, and was known as PriceCostco until 1997.

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

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NASDAQ:COST

Corporate headquarters:
Issaquah, WA

Sales:
$64.4B (2007)

Employees:
70,000 (2007)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeffrey H. Brotman	Business	c. 1943		Chairman of Costco
Richard D. DiCerchio	Business	c. 1944		COO of Costco
Richard A. Galanti	Business	c. 1956		CFO of Costco
James D. Sinegal	Business	1-Jan-1936		CEO of Costco

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeffrey H. Brotman	Business	c. 1943		Chairman of Costco
Benjamin S. Carson	Doctor	18-Sep-1951		Pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins
Susan Decker	Business	c. 1963		President of Yahoo
Richard D. DiCerchio	Business	c. 1944		COO of Costco
Daniel J. Evans	Politician	16-Oct-1925		Governor of Washington, 1965-77
Richard A. Galanti	Business	c. 1956		CFO of Costco
William H. Gates, Sr.	Philanthropist	30-Nov-1925		Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Hamilton James	Business	3-Feb-1951		President of Blackstone Group
Richard M. Libenson	Business	c. 1941		COO of Price Club, 1986-88
John W. Meisenbach	Business	c. 1937		Meisenbach Capital Management
Charles T. Munger	Business	1-Jan-1924		Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Jill S. Ruckelshaus	Business	1937		Wife of William Ruckelshaus
James D. Sinegal	Business	1-Jan-1936		CEO of Costco

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