Costco

Summary

Costco is an enterprise^[1]. Costco ranks in the top 0.62% of enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,609 views/month, #5 of 800).^[2]

Key Facts

• Costco is in the country of United States^[3].
• Costco's image is recorded as Costcoheadquarters.jpg^[4].
• Costco's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[5].
• Costco's instance of is recorded as public company^[6].
• Costco's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• Costco's founder is recorded as James Sinegal^[8].
• Costco's founder is recorded as Jeffrey Brotman^[9].
• Costco's owned by is recorded as The Vanguard Group^[10].
• Costco's owned by is recorded as Q112966337^[11].
• Costco's logo image is recorded as Costco Wholesale logo 2010-10-26.svg^[12].
• Costco's follows is recorded as Price Club^[13].
• Costco's headquarters location is recorded as Issaquah^[14].
• Costco's chief executive officer is recorded as Ron Vachris^[15].
• Costco's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131298278^[16].
• Costco's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131656243^[17].
• Costco's GND ID is recorded as 1090643578^[18].
• Costco's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no97003813^[19].
• Costco's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2006012211^[20].
• Costco's subclass of is recorded as retail chain^[21].
• Costco's subclass of is recorded as supermarket chain^[22].
• Costco's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001115547^[23].
• Costco's part of is recorded as Nasdaq-100^[24].
• Costco's part of is recorded as S&P 100^[25].
• Costco's part of is recorded as S&P 500^[26].
• Costco's Commons category is recorded as Costco^[27].

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Founding

Founders include James Sinegal^[8] and Jeffrey Brotman^[9]. +1983-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Costco^[28]. Costco's location of formation is recorded as Kirkland^[29].

Identity

Costco's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Costco Wholesale Corporation'}^[30]. Part of include Nasdaq-100^[24], a stock market index^[31], in United States^[32]; S&P 100^[25], a stock market index^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1976^[35]; and S&P 500^[26], a stock market index^[36], in United States^[37]. Costco's follows is recorded as Price Club^[13].

Leadership

Costco's chief executive officer is recorded as Ron Vachris^[15]. Board members include Hamilton E. James^[38], a businessperson^[39], b. 1951^[40], of United States^[41] and Susan Decker^[42], a president^[43], b. 1962^[44], of United States^[45].

Operations

Costco's headquarters location is recorded as Issaquah^[14].

Industry

Costco's industry is recorded as retail^[46].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group^[10], a business^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 1975^[49], headquartered in Malvern^[50] and Q112966337^[11]. Costco's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[51]. Costco's product or material produced is recorded as cash and carry^[52].

Why It Matters

Costco ranks in the top 0.62% of enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,609 views/month, #5 of 800).^[2] Costco has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[53] Costco is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[54]