Ross stores - wikipedia Ross stores Ross Stores, Inc. Type Public Traded as NASDAQ : ROST NASDAQ - 100 Component S&P 500 Component Industry Retail Founded 1982 ; 36 years ago ( 1982 ) Pacifica, California, U.S. Founder Bill Isackson Headquarters Dublin, California, U.S. Key people Barbara Rentler, CEO Products Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Revenue US $ 11.94 billion ( FY 2015 ) Operating income US $ 1.61 billion ( FY 2015 ) Net income US $ 1.02 billion ( FY 2015 ) Total assets US $ 4.87 billion ( FY 2015 ) Total equity US $ 2.47 billion ( FY 2015 ) Number of employees 77,800 ( January 2016 ) Subsidiaries dd 's Discounts Website www.rossstores.com Ross Stores, Inc. is an American chain of off - price department stores headquartered in Dublin, California, officially operating under the brandname, Ross Dress for Less. It is the largest off - priced retailer in the U.S. As of August 2015, Ross operates 1,412 stores in 37 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Guam, covering much of the country, but with no presence in New England, New York, northern New Jersey, Alaska, and areas of the Midwest. Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links History A Ross store in Hillsboro, Oregon Ross Department Store was first opened in San Bruno, California, in 1950 by Morris `` Morrie '' Ross. Morris would work 85 hours a week doing all of the buying and bookkeeping for his department store. In 1958 Ross sold his store to William Isackson to become a residential and commercial real estate developer. Isackson built the company to six stores, located in San Bruno, Pacifica, Novato, Vacaville, Redwood City, and Castro Valley. In 1982 a group of investors, including Mervin Morris, founder of the Mervyns chain of department stores, purchased the six Ross Department Stores in San Francisco, changed the format to off - price retail units, and within three years rapidly expanded the chain to 107 stores under Stuart Moldaw and Don Rowlett. By the end of 1995 the chain reached an annual sales of $1.4 billion with 292 stores in 18 states. By 2012 Ross reached $9.7 billion for the fiscal year with 1,091 stores in 33 states with an additional 108 for Dd 's Discounts in 8 states. Ross moved its headquarters from Newark to Pleasanton, California, in the Tri-Valley area, in 2003. Barbara Rentler took the place of CEO Michael Balmuth on June 1, 2014 ; she was the 25th female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Ross moved its headquarters from Pleasanton to neighboring Dublin, California in 2014. See also T.J. Maxx Marshalls Burlington References Jump up ^ `` 10 - K ''. www.sec.gov. Jump up ^ `` Contact Us. '' Ross Stores. Retrieved on July 9, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Ross investor presentation dated November 2014, downloaded Feb. 15, 2015 ''. Jump up ^ rvl. `` Ross locations & hours ''. www.storesinfo.com. Jump up ^ Pimsleur, J.L. ( December 5, 1997 ). `` Obituary -- Morris Ross ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 10, 2011. Jump up ^ `` History of Ross Stores, Inc. -- FundingUniverse ''. www.fundinguniverse.com. Jump up ^ `` Ross Stores, Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Ross Stores, Inc ''. referenceforbusiness.com. referenceforbusiness. Retrieved June 21, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Overview : Historical Highlights ''. Ross Dress for Less. Retrieved June 21, 2014. Jump up ^ Rupp, Lindsey ( May 8, 2014 ). `` Ross Stores ' Rentler to Be 25th Female CEO in Fortune 500 ''. Bloomberg Business. Retrieved February 26, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Ross moving corporate headquarters to Dublin in 2014 - January 27, 2012 - Pleasanton Weekly - PleasantonWeekly.com - ''. www.pleasantonweekly.com. External links San Francisco Bay Area portal Companies portal Official website Business data for Ross : Google Finance Yahoo ! Finance Reuters SEC filings Companies of the NASDAQ - 100 index 21st Century Fox Activision Blizzard Adobe Inc. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Align Technology Alphabet Amazon.com American Airlines Group Amgen Analog Devices Apple Applied Materials ASML Holding Autodesk Automatic Data Processing Baidu Biogen BioMarin Pharmaceutical Booking Holdings Broadcom Inc. 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