COMPANY

Founded 1886 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Richard W. Sears and Alvah C. Roebuck. Under the hand of billionaire Eddie Lampert, K-Mart acquired Sears in 2005 and assumed its name.

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

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NASDAQ:SHLD

Corporate headquarters:
Manhattan, NY

Sales:
$50.7B (2007)

Employees:
300,000 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dorrit J. Bern	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Charming Shoppes
Edward A. Brennan	Business	16-Jan-1934	27-Dec-2007	CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1984-95
William C. Crowley	Business	c. 1957		CFO of Sears Roebuck
Julian C. Day	Business	14-May-1952		CEO of Radio Shack
David F. Dyer	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Tommy Hilfiger, 2003-06
Anastasia D. Kelly	Attorney	c. 1949		EVP at American International Group
Barbara A. Klein	Business	c. 1954		CFO of CDW
Alan J. Lacy	Business	19-Oct-1953		CEO of Sears, 2000-05
Aylwin Lewis	Business	28-May-1954		CEO of Sears
Edward M. Liddy	Business	28-Jan-1946		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Arthur C. Martinez	Business	1939		CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1995-2000
Lawrence J. Mosner	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Deluxe Corporation, 2000-05
Saiyid T. Naqvi	Business	c. 1949		President, Harley-Davidson Finance
Alice M. Peterson	Business	c. 1952		Syrus Global
Philip J. Purcell	Business	5-Sep-1943		CEO of Morgan Stanley, 1997-2005
Alvah C. Roebuck	Business	9-Jun-1864	18-Jun-1948	Sears Roebuck founder
Julius Rosenwald	Business	12-Aug-1862	6-Jan-1932	Sears executive and Good Samaritan
William L. Salter	Business	c. 1943		Former Sears executive
Richard W. Sears	Business	7-Dec-1863	28-Sep-1914	Sears, Roebuck founder
James D. Thornton	Business	c. 1949		Senior EVP at MBNA
Thomas J. Wilson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Allstate
Robert E. Wood	Business	13-Jun-1879	6-Nov-1969	Chairman of Sears, 1939-54

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William C. Crowley	Business	c. 1957		CFO of Sears Roebuck
Eddie Lampert	Business	19-Jul-1962		Billionaire, Chairman of Sears
Aylwin Lewis	Business	28-May-1954		CEO of Sears
Steven T. Mnuchin	Business	c. 1963		Dune Capital Management
Richard C. Perry	Business	c. 1955		Perry Capital
Ann N. Reese	Business	c. 1952		CFO of ITT, 1995-98
Emily Scott	Business	c. 1962		CEO of J. Crew, 1983-2003
Thomas J. Tisch	Business	c. 1955		Four Partners Investment Partnership

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward A. Brennan	Business	16-Jan-1934	27-Dec-2007	CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1984-95
Jim Cantalupo	Business	14-Nov-1943	19-Apr-2004	CEO of McDonald's, 2002-04
Donald J. Carty	Business	23-Jun-1946		CEO of American Airlines, 1998-2003
Alston D. Correll	Business	28-Apr-1941		CEO of Georgia-Pacific, 1993-2005
Julian C. Day	Business	14-May-1952		CEO of Radio Shack
W. James Farrell	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 1995-2005
Alan J. Lacy	Business	19-Oct-1953		CEO of Sears, 2000-05
Arthur C. Martinez	Business	1939		CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1995-2000
Michael A. Miles	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Philip Morris, 1991-94
Richard C. Notebaert	Business	1947		CEO of Qwest, 2002-07
Hugh B. Price	Activist	1941		President of the Urban League, 1994-2003
Julius Rosenwald	Business	12-Aug-1862	6-Jan-1932	Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Donald Rumsfeld	Government	9-Jul-1932		US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
Patrick G. Ryan	Business	15-May-1937		CEO of Aon, 1982-2005
Dorothy A. Terrell	Business	12-Jun-1945		VP at NMS Communications, 1998-2002
Robert E. Wood	Business	13-Jun-1879	6-Nov-1969	Chairman of Sears, 1939-54
Raul Yzaguirre	Activist	22-Jul-1939		National Council of La Raza

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edgar Rice Burroughs	Novelist	1-Sep-1875	19-Mar-1950	Tarzan
William L. Davis	Business	c. 1943		CEO of RR Donnelley, 1997-2004
William T. Dillard	Business	2-Sep-1914	8-Feb-2002	Founder of Dillard's
Dusty Foggo	Government	17-Mar-1954		CIA Executive Director, 2004-06
Harry C. Gambill	Business	c. 1948		CEO of TransUnion
Bruce L. Hammonds	Business	?		CEO of MBNA, 2003-05
Rosie O'Donnell	Talk Show Host	21-Mar-1962		The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Craig P. Omtvedt	Business	c. 1949		CFO of Fortune Brands
John L. Orr	Criminal	26-Apr-1949		California arson investigator, arsonist
Jack A. Smith	Business	c. 1935		Founder of Sports Authority

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry Dreyfuss	Inventor	2-Mar-1904	5-Oct-1972	Product designer, human factors engineer
C. Robert Kidder	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002
Hersh Kozlov	Attorney	15-Nov-1947		Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lauren Hutton	Model	17-Nov-1944		Paper Lion and American Gigolo
Arnold Palmer	Golf	10-Sep-1929		Won 61 PGA tournaments
Ty Pennington	TV Personality	19-Oct-1965		Carpenter on Trading Spaces
Stefanie Powers	Actor	2-Nov-1942		Hart to Hart
Bob Vila	TV Personality	20-Jun-1946		Former host of This Old House
Billy Dee Williams	Actor	6-Apr-1937		Lando Calrissian, Colt-45 malt liquor pitchman

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