COMPANY

Founded in 1879 by F. W. Woolworth, incorporated in 1911. In addition to its flagship department stores, it opened specialty shops -- AfterThoughts, Kinney Shoe, Northern Reflections, San Francisco Music Box Company, Best of Times, and Foot Locker. In 1997, Woolworth renamed itself Venator, and in 2001, Venator rebranded itself after its most successful subsidiary, Foot Locker.

Not to be confused with the Australian retailer Woolworths Limited, which has never been affiliated with any incarnation of F. W. Woolworth Company.

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank A. Newman	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Eckerd Corporation, 1996-2000
F. W. Woolworth	Business	13-Apr-1852	8-Apr-1919	Five and dime magnate

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Carter Bacot	Business	7-Feb-1933	7-Apr-2005	CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Purdy Crawford	Business	7-Nov-1931		CEO of Imasco Limited, 1985-95
Philip H. Geier, Jr.	Business	22-Feb-1935		CEO of Interpublic Group, 1980-2000
Jarobin Gilbert, Jr.	Business	c. 1946		Former NBC executive
George H. Lesch	Business	10-Oct-1909	22-Sep-1994	CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71
James E. Preston	Business	1933		CEO of Avon, 1988-98
Christopher A. Sinclair	Business	5-Sep-1950		Former Pepsi executive

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Irving Price	Business	21-Sep-1884	23-Nov-1976	Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Strong	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Qantas, 1993-2001

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