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primary focus was on the retail/consumer industry. He served as our Chairman until December 2008.
KKR’s affiliates indirectly own a substantial portion of our outstanding common stock through their
investment in Buck Holdings, L.P. and related entities. Mr. Calbert is a director of Toys ‘‘R’’ Us, Inc.,
US Foods, Pets at Home, and Academy, Ltd.
Ms. Cochran has served as a director and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. since September 2011. She joined Cracker Barrel in April 2009 as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was named President and Chief Operating
Officer in November 2010. She was previously Chief Executive Officer at book retailer
Books-A-Million, Inc. from February 2004 to April 2009. She also served as that company’s President
(August 1999—February 2004), Chief Financial Officer (September 1993—August 1999) and Vice
President of Finance (August 1992—September 1993). Ms. Cochran has 20 years of experience in the
retail industry. Ms. Cochran is a director of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. She served as a
director of Books-A-Million, Inc. from 2006 to 2009.
Mr. Dreiling joined Dollar General in January 2008 as Chief Executive Officer and a member
of our Board. He was appointed Chairman of the Board on December 2, 2008. 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. Prior to that, Mr. Dreiling, beginning in March 2005, served as Executive Vice
President—Chief Operating Officer of Longs Drug Stores Corporation, an operator of a chain of retail
drug stores on the West Coast and Hawaii, 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. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Retail Industry Leaders
Association (RILA). Mr. Dreiling is a director of Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Ms. Fili-Krushel has served as Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, a division of
NBCUniversal Media, LLC, composed of NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC and the Weather Channel, since
July 2012. She previously served as Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal (January 2011—July
2012) with a broad portfolio of functions reporting to her, including Operations and Technical Services,
Business Strategy, Human Resources and Legal. Prior to NBCUniversal, Ms. Fili-Krushel was Executive
Vice President of Administration at Time Warner Inc. (July 2001—December 2010) where her
responsibilities included oversight of philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, human resources,
worldwide recruitment, employee development and growth, compensation and benefits, and security.
Before joining Time Warner in July 2001, Ms. Fili-Krushel had been CEO of WebMD Health since
April 2000. From July 1998 to April 2000, Ms. Fili-Krushel was President of the ABC Television
Network, and from 1993 to 1998 she served as President of ABC Daytime. Before joining ABC, she
had been with Lifetime Television since 1988. Prior to Lifetime, Ms. Fili-Krushel held several positions
with Home Box Office. Before joining HBO, Ms. Fili-Krushel worked for ABC Sports in various
positions.
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 consumer-related and healthcare
opportunities. Affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co. indirectly own a substantial portion of our
outstanding common stock through their investment in Buck Holdings, L.P. and related entities.
Mr. Jones is a director of Biomet, Inc., Education Management Corporation, HealthMarkets, Inc. and
Michael Foods Group, Inc. He also previously served on the board of directors of Burger King
Holdings, Inc. from 2002 to 2008.
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