Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000909832-25-000159
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Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: DEF 14A
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 Wireless Corporation, a mobile telecommunications company, from 1994 to 2004, and was Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Stanton was a director of Clearwire Corp. from 2008 to 2013, Chairman between 2011 and 2013, and interim Chief Executive Officer during 2011. He is

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currently a director of Microsoft Corporation and was previously a director of Trilogy International Partners and Columbia Sportswear Company. Mr. Stanton's qualifications to serve on the Board are his broad-ranging experiences, including senior leadership positions, in the areas of telecommunications and technology, and service on the boards of other companies.

Ron M. Vachris has been a director of the Company since February 2022, and Chief Executive Officer and President since January 2024. Mr. Vachris previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2022 to January 2024. He served as Executive Vice President of Merchandising from June 2016 to January 2022, as Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development from August 2015 to June 2016, and Senior Vice President, General Manager of the Northwest Region, from 2010 to July 2015. He spent the previous 28 years in various management positions in warehouse operations. Mr. Vachris’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his extensive knowledge of the Company’s business developed over the course of his long career, particularly in the areas of operations and merchandising.

Mary Agnes (Maggie) Wilderotter has been a director of the Company since October 2015. She served as Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Grand Reserve Inn from December 2016 to June 2023. Mrs. Wilderotter was the Interim CEO of DocuSign, Inc. from June through October 2022. Currently, she is providing senior advisor work for several private equity and venture firms. Mrs. Wilderotter was the Executive Chairman of Frontier Communications, a public telecommunications company, from April 2015 until April 2016 and served as Frontier's Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2015 and Chair of the Board from December 2005. Prior to joining Frontier, she was a Senior Vice President of Microsoft Corporation from 2002 to 2004. From 1997 to 2002, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Wink Communications, an interactive telecommunications and media company. Mrs