Costco Wholesale Corporation COST Chief Executive

What Ron Vachris says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.

Ron Vachris

President and Chief Executive Officer · Costco Wholesale Corporation

CEO since January 2024, succeeding Craig Jelinek. Previously served as President and COO from February 2022. Started at Costco as a forklift driver in 1982 and rose through warehouse operations, merchandising, and regional management roles.

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What they own

Ownership

Skin in the game
16/ 70
Level 1Steward

Vachris owns about 0% of Costco Wholesale Corporation, worth $47.6M at the last close.

SEC filings
29
Stake 52,258 reported shares ≈ 0.0% of shares outstanding — no 13G on file, so an estimate 4/35
Founder Not assessed — whether they founded the company has not been researched Not assessed
Tenure No start date on record, so tenure scores nothing 0/10
Track record Not assessed — their prior companies have not been researched Not assessed
Direction No open-market buys or sales in the last year 5/15
Discipline 2 late Form 4s in 29 filings 7/10

Nobody has researched this person's career yet, so founder and track record are left out of the score and of the total above.

Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). An axis we have not researched is left out of the score and of the total it is shown over. Every input links to a filing or to our own research; the bands are ours.

Reported · Forms 3, 4, 5 52,258 Every lot on the person's own filings, as of Oct 22, 2025
Paper trail 2 late filings Form 4 covering a 2018-10-02 grant or award in COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW was filed 2018-10-30, 19 business days later; Section 16 allows two.
Reported Costco Wholesale Corporation shares Forms 3, 4 and 5 · as of 2025-10-22
020K40K60K 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025 Oct 2025: net +11,181 shares across 2 movements (largest: award +13,834) 52,258

Dots mark the months the activity below moved the line. Hover one for that month's net move, how many movements it folds and the largest.

How the stake is held
SecurityHeld viaShares
Common StockDirect52,258
Reported as of 2025-10-2252,258
Held directly
100%
Vehicles
None
Last filing
Oct 24, 2025
Activity · last 12 months 2 events folded from 3 filing lines · Every filing on EDGAR ↗
DateTypeWhat happenedSharesPriceValueNote
Oct 22, 2025 Award Grant or award +13,834 — —
Oct 22, 2025 Tax Shares withheld for tax across 2 lots −2,652 $944.96 $2.5M
Every issuer Ron Vachris files as an insider of
CompanyRoleReportedBeneficial% of class
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW This page President and CEO 52,258
2025-10-22		 — —

Reported is every lot on the person's own Forms 3, 4 and 5 — direct and through trusts. Beneficial is the figure stated on the latest Schedule 13D/G cover page, which can exclude shares the person disclaims and include options exercisable within 60 days, so the two are never added together.

Paper trail

29 filings under CIK 0001679566 · captured 2026-09-05 · All filings on EDGAR ↗

In their own words

Podcasts, interviews & articles

1 recorded appearance

2026

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