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Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alma mater. San Diego State University. Occupation. Businessman. Known for. President and CEO of Costco, 2012–2023. Walter Craig Jelinek (born August 8, 1952) is an American businessman who served as president and CEO of Costco from 2012 to 2023, when he succeeded the company's founder, James Sinegal.
Original logo (used until 1993, but carried by stores until 1997) Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. [5] As of 2021, Costco is the third-largest retailer in the world [6] and is the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef ...
Jelinek, 71, has been Costco’s CEO since 2012, taking over for one of Costco’s co-founders. The company’s stock has increased five-fold during his tenure.
Working for Costco for as many years as the goods store has been around—41 years—Vachris has climbed the ranks from the inside. He’s inherited an empire built upon hot dogs perennially ...
Costco's leadership team is undergoing a major shakeup in 2024. More than a decade after taking up the post in 2012, Craig Jelinek stepped down from the Costco CEO role on Jan. 1, 2024. Costco ...
James D. Sinegal (born January 1, 1936) is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and former CEO of the Costco Wholesale Corporation, [1] an international retail chain. He served as Costco's president and CEO from 1983 until 2011.
Costco’s first CEO, Jim Sinegal, in 2008 jokingly warned his successor, Craig Jelinek, to stick with the price, inflation be damned. “If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you,” he said .
Not to mention its sales of $222.7 billion in the fiscal year ended October, up a whopping 16 percent. For that and more—including Costco's continued status as one of the nation's best employers ...