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1. www.businessinsider.com › meet-costco-cofounderMeet Costco Cofounder Jim Sinegal: Life, Career, Family ...

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   Sep 16, 2020 · Jim Sinegal cofounded Costco alongside Seattle attorney Jeff Brotman in 1983. Despite building one of the largest retail chains in America, Sinegal consistently earned less than other CEOs...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_SinegalJames Sinegal - Wikipedia

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   Together with Seattle retailer Jeff Brotman, he co-founded Costco. From 1983 until his retirement in 2011, Sinegal served as Costco's president and CEO. As CEO, Sinegal was well known for traveling to each Costco location every year to inspect it personally.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jeffrey_BrotmanJeffrey Brotman - Wikipedia

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   In 1982, Brotman cofounded Costco Wholesale Corporation with Jim Sinegal, a protégé of Sol Price, the founder of PriceSmart. He served as chairman from the company's inception until his death, except during a stretch from 1993 to 1994 when he was vice chairman. In 2017, Costco operated 736 warehouse stores.

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6. money.cnn.com › 2009/08/14 › smallbusinessPriced to grow: How Costco got started - Aug. 17, 2009

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   Aug 14, 2009 · ISSAQUAH, Wash. (Fortune Small Business) -- Jim Sinegal was a former Price Club executive. Jeffrey Brotman was a lawyer who had returned from a trip to Paris with a vision of importing a...

7. www.msn.com › en-us › moneyThe history of Costco: How Jim Sinegal went from grocery ...

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   The first store operated under the Costco label was opened in Seattle on Sept. 15, 1983, by Sinegal and another career retailer, Jeff Brotman. A month later, the pair opened a second...

8. www.seattletimes.com › business › retailDeath of Costco co-founder Jeff Brotman, 74, ‘a complete ...

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   Aug 1, 2017 · The man with whom he created that retail juggernaut, Costco co-founder and former CEO Jim Sinegal, said Tuesday that “over 35 years, he became not just a business partner but a confidante, a...

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   Who were Jim Sinegal & Jeffrey Brotman?

   • All of the above! ISSAQUAH, Wash. (Fortune Small Business) -- Jim Sinegal was a former Price Club executive. Jeffrey Brotman was a lawyer who had returned from a trip to Paris with a vision of importing a retail concept the French embraced. In 1983 they opened the first Costco, in Seattle.

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   Who is Jeff Brotman?

   • Courtesy of Costco Wholesale Costco's other cofounder, Jeff Brotman, was an attorney by trade but was inspired to enter the wholesale retail space after seeing a similar store during a trip to France, Business Insider previously reported. Despite not knowing one another, Brotman cold-called Sinegal and proposed that they go into business together.

   Meet Costco Cofounder Jim Sinegal: Life, Career, Family - Insider

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   Who are Jeffrey & Susan Brotman?

   • He and his wife Susan donated to numerous causes, especially at the University of Washington, where they funded hundreds of student scholarships. They also endowed the Jeffrey & Susan Brotman Professorship at UW Law School, currently held by Steve Calandrillo .

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   What happened between Robert Price & Jim Sinegal?

   • Despite best efforts to recover losses, sales continued to drop. Robert Price and Jim Sinegal had different opinions regarding company direction and recovery policies. The breakup was formally announced in 1994. Price's breakaway company was named as Price Enterprises. Sinegal still continued to manage PriceCostco, Inc.

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   Who is Justin Brotman wife Susan Thrailkill?

   • Brotman was married to Susan Thrailkill, a Montana native and a former retail executive who served on the board of Nordstrom; they had two children, Justin Brotman, an activist and businessman, and Amanda Brotman-Schetritt, a Barnard College graduate who is a businessman working in sustainability, philanthropy, and design.

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   What is Sinegal's philosophy on success?

   • A favorite quote attributed to Sinegal, in part about his philosophy on dealing with success, is "You have to take the shit with the sugar". Investors who bought $10,000 of Costco stock in 1992 found it worth $43,564 just ten years later — a return of 354% (15.855%, annually).

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10. give.uwmedicine.org › stories › a-great-team-jeffA Great Team: Jeff and Jim - UW Medicine: Shortening the ...

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    James D. Sinegal co-founded Costco Wholesale Corporation with Jeffrey H. Brotman — a UW Medicine advocate and Laureate — 35 years ago. Mr. Sinegal remembers Mr. Brotman, who died on Aug. 1, 2017. Right after someone dies, it’s hard to remember that they’re gone.