Sears Roebuck
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
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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