Bruce Nordstrom
Seattle, Washington
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Washington
United States
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Nordstrom department stores
$1,200,000,000
1818
#1818 Billionaires 2019
#395 Forbes 400 2014
Bruce Nordstrom and his sister, Anne Gittinger, are the largest individual shareholders of fashion retailer Nordstrom Inc. The department store chain was founded by their grandfather as a shoe store in 1901.Nordstrom became president of the family company in 1963 and retired as chairman of the board in 2006.During his tenure as chairman, revenues grew from $40 million to $8 billion.Nordstrom Inc. now operates more than 300 stores across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Bruce Nordstrom started working at age 9 in the stockroom and on the sales floor of a Nordstrom store.His sons, Peter, Erik and Blake, now serve as co-presidents of the clothing chain.
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