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Stack is married to Donna A. Stack.<ref name="BizJournals">{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2015/02/23/dick-s-sporting-goods-ceo-buys-south-florida.html |title=Dick's Sporting Goods CEO buys South Florida mansion for $12M |first=Brian |last=Bandell |date=February 23, 2015 |website=[[The Business Journals]]}}</ref> |
Stack is married to Donna A. Stack.<ref name="BizJournals">{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2015/02/23/dick-s-sporting-goods-ceo-buys-south-florida.html |title=Dick's Sporting Goods CEO buys South Florida mansion for $12M |first=Brian |last=Bandell |date=February 23, 2015 |website=[[The Business Journals]]}}</ref><ref name="Forbes"/> In February 2015, the couple acquired an 8,946-square-foot home in [[North Palm Beach, Florida]], for {{US$|12 million|long=no}}.<ref name="BizJournals" /> |
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Revision as of 21:06, 5 May 2019
Edward W. Stack | |
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Born | 1954 or 1955 (age 69–70)[1] |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Ed Stack |
Education | St. John Fisher College (B.A.S., 1977) |
Years active | 1984–present |
Employer | Dick's Sporting Goods |
Title | Chairman and CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods |
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Spouse | Donna A. Stack |
Father | Dick Stack |
Edward W. "Ed" Stack (born 1954/1955), is an American billionaire businessman. Since 1984, Stack has been chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Dick's Sporting Goods, a sports equipment retailing company founded in 1948 by his father, Dick Stack.
Early life and education
Edward W. Stack is the son of Richard "Dick" Stack,[1] who founded sports equipment retailer Dick's Sporting Goods in 1948.[2][3][4] He grew up in the East Side neighborhood of Binghamton, New York, attended public schools, and played baseball and football at Binghamton North High School.[1][5][6] Stack received a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in accounting from St. John Fisher College in 1977.[1][2][4] He planned to become a lawyer, but opted to help run the family business after his father's health declined.[7]
Career
Stack and his siblings purchased Dick's from their father in the early 1980s, when the company had two locations in Upstate New York.[4][5][8] He became chairman and chief executive officer following his father's retirement in 1984.[2][3] Stack established a board of directors, opened additional stores, and relocated the company's headquarters to Pittsburgh in 1994.[4][9] He led the company during its initial public offering in 2002.[2][3]
Stack owned approximately 25 percent of the company's common stock, and controlled nearly two-thirds of its voting shares, as of 2010.[1] After selling 5.8 percent of his holdings in 2013, he owned around 20 percent of the company, primarily via Class B shares.[10][11] Following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018, Stack announced that Dick's and its subsidiaries would stop selling military pattern semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, and would not sell firearms to people under the age of 21.[3] He has advocated for stronger gun control, and worked to enact change by hiring lobbyists and meeting with politicians.[12][13][14]
Stack is estimated to have a net worth of US$1.2 billion as of February 2018.[3]
Board service
Stack has served on the boards of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, KeyCorp,[15] the National Retail Federation,[16] and Seton Hall University,[7] as well as the advisory board of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania's Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative.[17]
Recognition
In 1997, Stack ranked fourth in the "consumer-retailing/hardlines" category of magazine Institutional Investor's survey of the best chief American executives, and was named "Sports Executive Visionary of the Year" by magazine SportStyle.[18][19] He was named "Entrepreneur of the Year in Southwestern Pennsylvania" by Ernst & Young in 1999.[19] In 2005, Stack received a History Makers Award in the "business and industry" category from the Heinz History Center.[20] He was inducted into the National Sporting Goods Association's Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in 2006.[19][21] Stack received a Humanity and Service Award from the Bus Stops Here Foundation in 2014, and a Major John H. Russell Leadership Award from Marine Corps University's foundation in 2015.[17] He was given an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters from his alma mater, after delivering a commencement speech in 2016.[22][23]
Personal life
Stack is married to Donna A. Stack.[24][2] In February 2015, the couple acquired an 8,946-square-foot home in North Palm Beach, Florida, for $12 million.[24]
References
- ^ a b c d e Gunther, Marc (April 27, 2010). "Retail's rising star". Fortune. ISSN 0015-8259. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Forbes profile: Edward Stack". Forbes. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Begley, Sarah (February 28, 2018). "What to Know about Edward Stack, the CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. OCLC 1311479. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Lindeman, Teresa F. (November 20, 2004). "Ed's way stacks up well for Dick's Sporting Goods". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. ISSN 1068-624X. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ a b Platsky, Jeff (February 28, 2018). "In the national spotlight: Ed Stack's roots are in Binghamton". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Gannett Company. ISSN 0886-8816. OCLC 12636926. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ Stevens, Kevin (February 22, 2018). "Richie Karl among Greater Binghamton Hall of Fame inductees". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ a b "Pittsburgh Business 2001: The Leaders, 41 – 50". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 25, 2001. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Dick's Sporting Goods to open at Crossroads Bellevue". Bellevue Reporter. October 20, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ LaWell, Carolyn (October 27, 2010). "Ed Stack stays close to his business to make Dick's Sporting Goods better". Smart Business. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Business Briefs Column". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 31, 2003. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018 – via HighBeam Research.
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- ^ McGregor, Jena (March 7, 2018). "Dick's Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack called for specific reforms on gun sales, and that made a splash". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved June 7, 2018 – via The Washington Post.
- ^ Townsend, Matt (May 30, 2018). "Dick's Sporting Goods jumps as earnings guidance outweighs gun controversy". Connecticut Post. Hearst Communications. Retrieved June 7, 2018 – via Bloomberg L.P.
- ^ Schooley, Tim (March 22, 2018). "Stack presses Congress to act on new gun control legislation in essay". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ Gibson, Keegan (March 21, 2011). "Roarty: Dicks Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack Mulling Challenge to Casey". PoliticsPA. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Board of Directors". National Retail Federation. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ a b "St. John Fisher College to Celebrate 62nd Commencement; CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods-a Fisher alumnus-to Deliver Keynote Address". St. John Fisher College. March 11, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Pittsburgh-area CEOs ranked at the top of their class". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018 – via HighBeam Research.
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- ^ "History Makers Awards and the week in review ..." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 1, 2005. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Members" (PDF). National Sporting Goods Association. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Fisher Celebrates 62nd Commencement". St. John Fisher College. May 7, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ Jaschik, Scott (March 16, 2016). "Commencement Speakers Announced: Albany Pharmacy, DePauw, Hamilton, Harvard, Iona, Lasell, Linfield, Randolph-Macon, Southwestern, St. John Fisher, Tulane, Woodbury". Inside Higher Ed. OCLC 721351944. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ a b Bandell, Brian (February 23, 2015). "Dick's Sporting Goods CEO buys South Florida mansion for $12M". The Business Journals.