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Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following list describes our executive officers. The title of each executive officer includes the words
“Customer Satisfaction” which reflects our commitment to customer service. Officers are elected by and serve at
the discretion of the Board of Directors.
William C. Rhodes, III, 45—Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Customer Satisfaction
William C. Rhodes, III, was named Chairman of AutoZone during fiscal 2007 and has been President, Chief
Executive Officer and a director since March 2005. Prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive
Officer, Mr. Rhodes was Executive Vice President – Store Operations and Commercial. Previously, he served in
various capacities within the Company, including Senior Vice President – Supply Chain and Information
Technology, Senior Vice President – Supply Chain, Vice President – Stores, Senior Vice President – Finance and
Vice President –Finance and Vice President – Operations Analysis and Support. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a
manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Rhodes is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Dollar
General Corporation.
William T. Giles, 51—Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President – Finance, Information Technology
and Store Development, Customer Satisfaction
William T. Giles was elected Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President – Finance, Information
Technology and Store Development during fiscal 2007. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2006 to December 2006 and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer since May 2006. From 1991 to May 2006, he held several positions with Linens N’ Things, Inc., most
recently as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to 1991, he was with Melville, Inc.
and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Harry L. Goldsmith, 59—Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Customer Satisfaction
Harry L. Goldsmith was elected Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary during fiscal 2006.
Previously, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since 1996 and was Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary from 1993 to 1996.
James A. Shea, 65—Executive Vice President – Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain, Customer
Satisfaction
James A. Shea was elected Executive Vice President – Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain during fiscal
2007 and has served as Executive Vice President – Merchandising and Marketing since fiscal 2005. He was
President and Co-founder of Portero during 2004. Prior to 2004, he was Chief Executive Officer of Party City
from 1999 to 2003. From 1995 to 1999, he was with Lechters Housewares where he was Senior Vice President,
Marketing and Merchandising before being named President in 1997. From 1990 to 1995, he was Senior Vice
President of Home for Kaufmanns Department Store, a division of May Company. Mr. Shea announced his plans
to retire, effective at the end of October 2010.
Jon A. Bascom, 53—Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Customer Satisfaction
Jon A. Bascom was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer during fiscal 2008. Previously,
he was Vice President – Information Technology since 1996. Since 1989, Mr. Bascom has worked in a variety of
leadership roles in applications development, infrastructure, and technology support. Prior to joining AutoZone,
Mr. Bascom worked for Malone & Hyde, AutoZone’s predecessor company, for 9 years.
Timothy W. Briggs, 49—Senior Vice President – Human Resources, Customer Satisfaction
Timothy W. Briggs was elected Senior Vice President – Human Resources during fiscal 2006. Prior to that, he
was Vice President – Field Human Resources since March 2005. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Briggs was Vice
President – Organization Development. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Briggs served in various management capacities
at the Limited Inc., including Vice President, Human Resources.
Mark A. Finestone, 49—Senior Vice President – Merchandising, Customer Satisfaction
Mark A. Finestone was elected Senior Vice President – Merchandising during fiscal 2008. Previously, he was
Vice President – Merchandising since 2002. Prior to joining AutoZone in 2002, Mr. Finestone worked for May
Department Stores for 19 years where he held a variety of leadership roles which included Divisional Vice
President, Merchandising.
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