Company: COST
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000909832-25-000159
Chunk: 8

Company: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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 2005 until becoming the non-executive Chairman of the Board in August 2017. He is chairman of Jefferson River Capital, his family investment firm. He was Executive Vice Chairman of The Blackstone Group, a global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services, until January 31, 2022, and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer from 2002 until 2018. He was also a member of the board of directors of its general partner, Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., until January 31, 2022. Mr. James’s qualifications to serve on the Board include the knowledge and experience he has gained, and contributions he has made, during his tenure as a director of our Company and his broad-ranging experiences in the financial services industry, including senior leadership positions.

Susan L. Decker has been a director of the Company since October 2004. She is Chief Executive Officer and founder of Raftr, Inc., a community experience platform for campuses, founded in 2018. From 2000 to 2009, Ms. Decker served in various executive management roles at Yahoo! Inc., including President from 2007 to 2009 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2007. She is a director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Vail Resorts, Inc., and Chime Financial, Inc., and of private corporations Vox Media, Inc., and Automattic, Inc. She was previously a director of Intel Corporation, Pixar and Momentive Global Inc. Ms. Decker’s qualifications to serve on the Board include the knowledge and experience she has gained, and contributions she has made, during her tenure as a director of our Company, her service on the boards of other public companies, and her broad-ranging experiences, including senior leadership positions, in the areas of finance, technology and marketing.

Kenneth D. Denman has been a director of the Company since March 2017. He has been a General Partner at Sway Ventures, a venture capital firm, since March 2017. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Emotient, Inc., a developer of software technology to analyze facial expressions, until the company was acquired by Apple in January 2016. Previously, Mr. Denman was the Chief Executive Officer of Openwave Systems, Inc., chairman and CEO of iPass, Inc., and a Senior Vice President and COO for MediaOne. He is a member of the board of directors of Motorola Solutions, Inc