James D. Sinegal (born January 1, 1936) is co-founder and former CEO of Costco, an international retail chain.
He was born January 1, 1936 into a Catholic working-class family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and placed in a orphanage by his mother. While he was in the orphanage, his mom found a new husband, Giuseppe Siniscalli. When Sinegal was 11, she adopted Sinegal and Giuseppe Siniscalli (later changed to Sinegal) became his step father. Sinegal'...
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James D. Sinegal (born January 1, 1936) is co-founder and former CEO of Costco, an international retail chain.
He was born January 1, 1936 into a Catholic working-class family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and placed in a orphanage by his mother. While he was in the orphanage, his mom found a new husband, Giuseppe Siniscalli. When Sinegal was 11, she adopted Sinegal and Giuseppe Siniscalli (later changed to Sinegal) became his step father. Sinegal's father was named Wright but he took his step-fathers last name instead, because his father was said to not been around Jim Sinegal since he was a newborn. He attended Helix High School in La Mesa, California and earned an AA at San Diego City College in 1955. He earned a BA from San Diego State University in 1959.
After he started as a bagger at FedMart in 1954 he found he loved retailing. At FedMart, he worked his way up to executive vice president in charge of merchandising and operations. He was a vice president of merchandising for...
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