Jeffrey Brotman
Jeffrey Brotman · Economics & Business
Co-founder and chairman of Costco (1983), the warehouse club that made membership retail a way of life.
27 September 1942, Tacoma, Washington, United States — 1 August 2017, Medina, Washington, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States
Jeffrey Brotman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Co-founder and chairman of Costco (1983), the warehouse club that made membership retail a way of life.
Born into a Jewish family in Tacoma — his father and uncles ran a chain of clothing stores — Jeffrey Brotman co-founded Costco in Seattle in 1983 with Jim Sinegal and chaired it for thirty-four years. The warehouse club's covenant — tiny margins, good wages, the $1.50 hot-dog — made it the conscience of American retail and one of the largest companies on earth. He was a quiet, major philanthropist to Seattle's hospitals and its Jewish community.
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Co-founder and chairman of Costco (1983), the warehouse club that made membership retail a way of life.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Brotman
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