What Happened?
Dublin, -based Ross-Stores Promoted Ken Jew as Senior Vice President and General Counsel
About the Company
Ross Stores, Inc. is a chain of American off-price department stores headquartered in Pleasanton, California, operating under the name Ross Dress for Less. It is the third largest off-price retailer in the United States, behind T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, both of which are owned by TJX Companies. As of February 2012, the company operated 1,037 Ross Stores in 29 U.S. states and Guam, covering much of the country, but with no presence in New England, New York, northern New Jersey, Alaska, and areas of the Midwest.
About the Person
Ken is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Ross Stores, Inc., an S&P 500, Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Dublin, California, with fiscal 2016 revenues of $12.9 billion and approximately 78,600 employees at fiscal 2016 year-end. He leads the legal team at Ross, which operates Ross Dress for Less®, the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States with more than 1,412 locations in 37 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. Ross also operates more than 215 dd’s DISCOUNTS® locations in 16 states, featuring a more moderately-priced assortment. Ken started at Ross in 2003 as Director, Corporate Counsel, coming from national Labor & Employment law firm Jackson Lewis. He became General Counsel in early 2015. Prior to joining Ross, he was in private practice for more than 11 years as an employment litigator and trial lawyer. He obtained his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Ken also has an MBA from the University of Southern California.
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