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Costco

Membership-only warehouse club chain founded in Seattle in 1983. Jim Sinegal co-founded it and was its president and CEO until 2012.

Of the 1 person here linked to Costco, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at Costco

Founder

Role

Co-founder, president and CEO, 1983–2012
Source · high confidence. Wikipedia's lead says he was CEO until 2011 while its Retirement section says he stepped down on January 1, 2012; the later date is used.
Past
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Jim Sinegal
Co-founder of Costco Wholesale and its president and CEO from 1983 until 2012, after nearly three decades working up through Sol Price's FedMart and Price Club
working-class · well-connected · college degree