# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-sinegal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:04:18.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-sinegal"
name: "James Sinegal"
slug: "james-sinegal"
description: "James D. Sinegal is an American businessman, co-founder and former CEO of the Costco Wholesale Corporation, an international retail chain. He served as Costco's president and CEO from 1983 until 2011. As CEO of Costco, Sinegal was known for his hands-on humanitarian approach to business. He prioritized customer and employee satisfaction over shareholder interests and is also known for his philanthropic efforts."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Sinegal_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1936-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.06
  momentum:             17.20691265763662
  historical:           6.231182666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sinegal"
    title: "James Sinegal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "چيمس سينيجال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sinegal"
    title: "James Sinegal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%BE%9B%E5%B0%BC%E6%A0%BC"
    title: "詹姆斯·辛尼格"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جیمز سینه‌گال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%90_%EC%8B%9C%EB%84%A4%EA%B0%88"
    title: "짐 시네갈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6143243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump