Jeffrey Brotman

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businessperson entrepreneur human lawyer

Jeffrey Brotman was an American businessman and attorney best known as the co-founder and longtime chairman of Costco, one of the world’s largest warehouse retail chains.

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instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
boardMemberOf Board of Regents of the University of Washington ⓘ
surface form: University of Washington Board of Regents
businessPartner James Sinegal ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
coFounded Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Costco
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-09-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-08-01 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Washington ⓘ
University of Washington School of Law ⓘ
employer Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Costco

Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Brotman ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
retail industry ⓘ
warehouse club retailing ⓘ
founded Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
givenName Jeffrey ⓘ
hasChild two children ⓘ
industry retail ⓘ
wholesale ⓘ
knownFor leadership at Costco ⓘ
philanthropy in the Seattle area ⓘ
memberOf board of directors of Costco ⓘ
name Jeffrey Brotman self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor co-founding Costco ⓘ
serving as chairman of Costco ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
company chairman ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Tacoma, Washington, United States
placeOfDeath Medina, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Medina, Washington, United States
positionHeld chairman of Costco ⓘ
chairman of Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Medina, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Medina, Washington, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Susan Brotman ⓘ
workLocation Issaquah, Washington, United States ⓘ
Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ

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Costco Wholesale Corporation → foundedBy → Jeffrey Brotman ⓘ
COST → foundedBy → Jeffrey Brotman ⓘ
subject surface form: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Jeffrey Brotman → name → Jeffrey Brotman self-link ⓘ