Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> November 2, 1998

Larry D. Stone – Lowe’s Companies Inc (low)

LARRY D. STONE is Executive Vice President-Chief Operating Officer of Lowe's Companies, Inc. headquartered in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Other positions he has held at the company includes Executive Vice President-Store Operations, Senior Vice President-Sales Operation, Vice President-General Merchandise Manager in both functional merchandising and fashion merchandising, Vice President-Store Merchandising, Area General Manager, and Store Manager. He attended the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. Mr. Stone is married, has two children, and includes golf and reading among his personal interests. (FAP616)(BL9) Profile
TWST: Could we start out with just a quick capsule of the company?

Mr. Stone: Lowe's today has over 460 stores up and running. Sales this

year will exceed $12 billion in volume. We have