COMPANY

Grocery retailer, originally founded 1883 by Barney Kroger. Kroger operates more than 2,500 stores under more than two dozen different banners. In addition to Kroger Stores, its groceries include Cala Foods, City Markets, Copps, Dillons, FoodsCo, Fred Meyer Stores, Fry's, King Soopers, Mariano's Fresh Market, Metro Market, Pick 'n Save, Quality Food Centers (a.k.a. QFC), Ralphs, Food 4 Less, and Smith's Food and Drug. Also owns Barclay, Fox's, Fred Meyer, and Littman jewelers, and Kwik Shop, Loaf 'N Jug, and Quik Stop convenience stores.

Official Website:
http://www.kroger.com/

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NYSE:KR

Corporate headquarters:
Cincinnati, OH

Sales:
$60.1B (2006)

Employees:
290,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Warren F. Bryant	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Longs Drugs
David B. Dillon	Business	1951		CEO of Kroger
Barney Kroger	Business	24-Jan-1860	21-Jul-1938	Founder of Kroger grocery empire
Don W. McGeorge	Business	c. 1955		President and COO of Kroger
W. Rodney McMullen	Business	c. 1961		Vice Chairman of Kroger
Robert G. Miller	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Albertson's
Joseph A. Pichler	Business	2-Oct-1939		CEO of Kroger, 1990-2003
Darrell Webb	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Jo-Ann Stores

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Reuben V. Anderson	Attorney	16-Sep-1942		Partner, Phelps Dunbar
Robert D. Beyer	Business	c. 1960		CEO of TCW
John L. Clendenin	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Bellsouth, 1984-96
David B. Dillon	Business	1951		CEO of Kroger
Susan J. Kropf	Business	c. 1949		President and COO of Avon, 2001-06
John T. LaMacchia	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Cincinnati Bell, 1993-99
David B. Lewis	Business	c. 1951		Partner, Lewis & Munday
Don W. McGeorge	Business	c. 1955		President and COO of Kroger
W. Rodney McMullen	Business	c. 1961		Vice Chairman of Kroger
Jorge P. Montoya	Business	1946		Procter & Gamble Executive
Clyde R. Moore	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Thomas & Betts, 1997-2000
Katherine D. Ortega	Government	16-Jul-1934		Treasurer of the US, 1983-89
Susan M. Phillips	Educator	23-Jan-1944		Dean, GWU School of Business
Steven R. Rogel	Business	25-Oct-1942		CEO of Weyerhaeuser
James A. Runde	Business	c. 1947		Former Vice Chairman at Morgan Stanley
Ronald L. Sargent	Business	1955		CEO of Staples
Bobby S. Shackouls	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Burlington Resources, 1995-2006

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ronald W. Burkle	Business	c. 1953		Supermarket Billionaire
Richard K. Davidson	Business	9-Jan-1942		CEO of Union Pacific, 1991-2006
Edward M. Liddy	Business	28-Jan-1946		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Joseph A. Pichler	Business	2-Oct-1939		CEO of Kroger, 1990-2003
Martha R. Seger	Government	17-Feb-1932		Federal Reserve Governor, 1984-91

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James F. Clingman, Jr.	Business	c. 1937		H.E. Butt Grocery Company
P. Michael Ehlerman	Business	c. 1938		Chairman of Sovereign Bancorp
David Hahn	Inventor	30-Oct-1976		Do-it-yourself nuclear reactor
Marvin J. Herb	Business	c. 1937		Billionaire, Herbco Enterprises
Richard L. Molen	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Huffy, 1993-97
Ronald L. Sargent	Business	1955		CEO of Staples

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Luntz	Pundit	23-Feb-1962		Republican pollster, strategist

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