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<html> <head> <title>J. C. 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C. Penney COMPANY Department store chain, founded by <a href="/people/656/000160176/">James Cash Penney</a> in 1902 as the Golden Rule Store in Kemmerer, WY. Official Website: <a href="http://www.jcpenney.com/">http://www.jcpenney.com/</a> Industry: <a href="/lists/622/000098328/">Retail</a> Ticker: NYSE:JCP Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/254/000080014/" class=proflink>Plano, TX</a> Sales: $18.8B (2006) Employees: 150,000 EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/056/000170543/">Ken C. Hicks</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Foot Locker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/165/000123793/">William R. Howell</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 1983-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/067/000364969/">Ron Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 2011-13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/120/000120757/">James E. Oesterreicher</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 1995-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000160176/">J. C. Penney</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1971</tt></td> <td>Founder of J. C. Penney Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/491/000169981/">Allen I. Questrom</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 2000-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000170991/">Beryl B. Raff</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at JC Penney</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000124604/">Myron E. Ullman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/068/000364970/">William Ackman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pershing Square Capital Management</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/695/000168191/">Colleen C. Barrett</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Southwest Airlines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/690/000168186/">Thomas J. Engibous</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Texas Instruments, 1996-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000127393/">Kent B. Foster</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ingram Micro, 2000-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000044707/">Gerry Laybourne</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Oxygen Media, 1998-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000168189/">Leonard H. Roberts</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Radio Shack, 1999-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/972/000124600/">Javier Teruel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Colgate-Palmolive EVP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/015/000165517/">R. Gerald Turner</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Southern Methodist University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000124604/">Myron E. Ullman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/694/000168190/">Mary Beth West</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chief Marketing Officer, Kraft Foods</td> </tr> </table> PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000128355/">M. Anthony Burns</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ryder System, 1983-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/697/000168193/">Maxine K. Clark</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Build-a-Bear Workshop, 1997-13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/056/000170543/">Ken C. Hicks</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Foot Locker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/165/000123793/">William R. Howell</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 1983-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/067/000364969/">Ron Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 2011-13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/862/000023793/">Vernon Jordan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Advisor to Bill Clinton</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/374/000061191/">Juanita M. Kreps</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-2010</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/120/000120757/">James E. Oesterreicher</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 1995-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/698/000168194/">Burl Osborne</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-2012</tt></td> <td>Dallas Morning News</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/486/000168979/">Jane C. Pfeiffer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of NBC, 1978-81</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/491/000169981/">Allen I. Questrom</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of JC Penney, 2000-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000023630/">Ann Richards</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-2006</tt></td> <td>Governor of Texas, 1991-95</td> </tr> </table> EMPLOYMENT <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000127987/">Susan E. Engel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Lenox Group, 1996-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000022957/">Paul Simon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-2003</tt></td> <td>US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/546/000023477/">Jeffrey Tambor</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000029916/">Sam Walton</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1992</tt></td> <td>America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart</td> </tr> </table> EXTRANEOUS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/191/000032095/">Robert Bennett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Utah, 1993-2011</td> </tr> </table> CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/564/000025489/">Ellen DeGeneres</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ellen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/090/000023021/">Kenny Rogers</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Gambler</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=58070" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2013 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/819/000000819/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/819/819/s819.jpg" width=128> Sunset over a 70s sex chart</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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