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title: "Who runs Costco?"
description: "The leadership team of Costco."
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updated: "2026-10-13"
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# Who runs Costco?

> Costco has 10 tracked executives leading key functions including company strategy and operations, financial strategy, day-to-day operations, a key function (as of 2026-10-13). Costco Wholesale Corporation is a membership warehouse club operator that began operations in Seattle, Washington, in 1983. It sells a limited selection of nationally branded and Kirkland Signature private-label products at low prices in no-frills, self-service warehouses, and earns a large share of its profit from annual membership fees paid by 84.1 million paid members. At the end of fiscal 2026 it operated 939 warehouses in 14 countries, 647 of them in the United States and Puerto Rico, alongside e-commerce sites in nine markets, gasoline stations, pharmacies, optical and hearing aid centers, business centers and Costco Travel. Fiscal 2026 total revenue reached 303.2 billion dollars, including 5.9 billion dollars of membership fees, with approximately 355,000 employees. Its shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker COST and its principal executive offices are in Issaquah, Washington.

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## Leadership

| Name | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Ron Vachris | CEO | 2024 |
| Gary Millerchip | CFO | 2024 |
| Caton Frates | Senior EVP, Chief Operating Officer - Warehouse Operations, U.S. and Mexico | 2026 |
| Javier Polit | EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer | 2023 |
| John Sullivan | EVP, General Counsel | 2016 |
| Sarah George | EVP, Chief Operating Officer - Merchandising | 2026 |
| Claudine Adamo | EVP, Administration | 2026 |
| Pierre Riel | EVP, Chief Operating Officer, International Division | 2022 |
| Yoram Rubanenko | EVP, Chief Operating Officer - Eastern Division | 2021 |
| Teresa Jones | EVP, Chief Operating Officer - Global Depots and Traffic | 2024 |

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## About Costco

- **Name:** Costco
- **Website:** https://www.costco.com
- **Industry:** Membership warehouse clubs and retail
- **Founded:** 1983
- **Employees:** approximately 355,000
- **Headquarters:** 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, Washington 98027, United States
- **Listed as:** COST (Nasdaq)
- **Specialties:** Membership warehouse clubs, Merchandising, Private label (Kirkland Signature), E-commerce, Gasoline, pharmacy and optical services, Business centers, Travel, Warehouse operations

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Enriched by Derrick from public sources: the company website, filings, its LinkedIn page and the press. Individual emails and phone numbers are never published here.

- **Data as of:** 2026-10-13
- **Last verified:** 2026-10-13
- **Checks run:** Leadership, News, C-suite
- **Staff figures:** Estimated

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