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Mr. Jones has been with Goldman, Sachs & Co. since 1994. He is a managing director in
Principal Investment Area (PIA) in New York where he focuses on healthcare and consumer-
related opportunities and sits on the Global Investment Committee. Mr. Jones joined Goldman,
Sachs & Co. as an associate in the Investment Banking Division and, after two years in the
Communications and Media Department and mobility assignments in Equity Capital Markets
and in the Executive Office of Goldman Sachs International, he joined PIA in London in 1998.
He returned to New York with PIA in 2002 and became a managing director later that year. He
became a partner in 2004. Goldman, Sachs & Co. is an affiliate of Dollar General. Mr. Jones is
currently on the board of directors of Biomet, Inc., Burger King Holdings, Inc., Education
Management Corporation, HealthMarkets, Inc. and Signature Hospital, LLC. He has been a
member of our Board of Directors since July 2007.
Mr. Nelson has been the Chairman of the Board (since April 2003) and was previously
President and Chief Executive Officer (since October 2005 – September 2007) of
PRIMEDIA Inc., a targeted media company. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of
Capstone Consulting LLC, a strategic consulting firm, since 2000. From August 1985 to
February 2000, Mr. Nelson was employed by Boston Consulting Group, Inc., a strategic
consulting firm, where he served as a Senior Vice President from December 1998 to
February 2000 and held various other positions from August 1985 to November 1998.
Mr. Nelson is a member of the Board of Directors of Sealy Corporation and Toys “R” Us, Inc.
He has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 2007.
Mr. Dreiling joined Dollar General in January 2008 as Chief Executive Officer and a
member of our Board of Directors. Prior to joining Dollar General, Mr. Dreiling served as Chief
Executive Officer, President and a director of Duane Reade Holdings, Inc. and Duane
Reade Inc., the largest drugstore chain in New York City, from November 2005 until
January 2008 and as Chairman of the Board of Duane Reade from March 2007 until
January 2008. Mr. Dreiling previously served as Executive Vice President—Chief Operating
Officer of Longs Drug Store Corporation, an operator of a chain of retail drug stores on the West
Coast and Hawaii, since March 2005, after having joined Longs in July 2003 as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operations Officer. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Dreiling served as Executive
Vice President—Marketing, Manufacturing and Distribution at Safeway, Inc., a food and drug
retailer. Prior to that, Mr. Dreiling served from 1998 to 2000 as President of Vons, a Southern
California food and drug division of Safeway.
Mr. Beré has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2006.
He also served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer from July 6, 2007 to January 21, 2008. He
served as a member of our Board of Directors from 2002 until March 2008. He served from
December 2003 until June 2005 as Corporate Vice President of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. and as the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Bakery Chef, Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen
bakery products that was acquired by Ralcorp Holdings in December 2003. From 1998 until the
acquisition, Mr. Beré was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bakery Chef, Inc., and
also served on its Board of Directors. From 1996 to 1998, he served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of McCain Foods USA, a manufacturer and marketer of frozen foods and a
subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited. From 1978 to 1995, Mr. Beré worked for The Quaker Oats