ROSS STORES, INC.

Ross Stores, Inc. trades publicly on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, and its shareholder base is disclosed only to the extent required for holders of 5% or more of its common stock. According to the company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on 7 April 2026 (record date 24 March 2026), two institutional investors disclosed beneficial ownership above that threshold as of 1 March 2026: The Vanguard Group, with 39,182,382 shares (12.2% of common stock), and BlackRock, Inc., with 22,616,546 shares (7.0%). Both are asset managers holding shares on behalf of numerous underlying investment funds and clients rather than as direct commercial or family interests. The Vanguard Group underwent an internal realignment effective 12 January 2026, after which certain Vanguard subsidiaries began reporting their holdings separately rather than as a single Vanguard Group position, so more recent snapshots may show the position split across related Vanguard filers.

No individual has been identified as an ultimate beneficial owner of Ross Stores, Inc. Both disclosed major shareholders are institutional asset managers rather than natural persons, and no ownership chain linking either to a controlling individual has been made public. This is typical for a widely held, exchange-listed company of this size and should not be read as evidence that no other shareholders exist.

Disclosure for Ross Stores, Inc. is best described as major shareholders only: US securities law requires public disclosure of beneficial ownership above 5%, but the company also has a large number of smaller institutional and retail shareholders, including index funds such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and various Fidelity funds, whose individual holdings are not required to be reported and are not fully captured here. Percentages and share counts above reflect filings current as of March 2026.

Ross Stores, Inc. discloses its current senior leadership and board through SEC filings rather than routine officer registrations. As of its most recent annual report (for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2026) and its 2026 proxy statement, the company’s named executive officers include James G. Conroy, Chief Executive Officer; Michael J. Hartshorn, Group President and Chief Operating Officer; and William W. Sheehan II, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The nine directors nominated for the 2026 annual meeting were K. Gunnar Bjorklund (Chairman), Michael J. Bush, Edward G. Cannizzaro, James G. Conroy, Sharon D. Garrett, Michael J. Hartshorn, Stephen D. Milligan, Patricia H. Mueller and Doniel N. Sutton. Nationality and country of residence are not disclosed in SEC filings or proxy materials for any of these individuals; this should be treated as not disclosed rather than inferred from name, role or address.

Separately, the officer records sourced from the California business registry for this profile, which include a listing for a chief financial officer, reflect a state filing snapshot rather than the company’s current executive team and can be materially outdated relative to SEC disclosures. In particular, the individual recorded there as an active chief financial officer, Travis Marquette, left that role and the company on 14 July 2021; Ross Stores has had two further chief financial officers since then.

Recent leadership changes at Ross Stores, Inc. include: James G. Conroy’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer, effective 2 February 2025, succeeding Barbara Rentler, who moved into an advisory role (announced 28 October 2024); William W. Sheehan II’s appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 October 2025, succeeding Adam Orvos, who retired on 30 September 2025 (announced 20 February 2025); and K. Gunnar Bjorklund’s appointment as Chairman of the Board, effective 1 February 2026, succeeding Michael Balmuth, who had served as Executive Chairman.

Officer and director information for Ross Stores, Inc. is fully available through its SEC filings, proxy statements and 8-K announcements, which are the most current source of information for a Nasdaq-listed company of this kind. The California state registry snapshot used elsewhere in this profile is not maintained as frequently and does not disclose nationality, country of residence, or occupation for the individuals it lists.

Ross Stores, Inc. is an independent, publicly traded company; it has no immediate or ultimate parent company, and its shares trade directly on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker ROST. According to the subsidiaries exhibit filed with its most recent annual report (for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2026), Ross Stores, Inc. has six disclosed subsidiaries, incorporated in Delaware, Virginia, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. That filing states that additional subsidiaries which, taken together, would not be individually significant, have been omitted from the list, so this is a partial rather than exhaustive picture of the corporate structure.

No recent acquisitions, disposals or reorganisations affecting this structure have been identified from official sources.

Corporate-linkage information for Ross Stores, Inc. is best described as partial: the exhibit filed with its annual report lists only its significant subsidiaries and expressly omits others considered immaterial in the aggregate, and it does not disclose ownership percentages for any entity. This profile’s registry data also references a Guam-registered entity under the same name and a further entity named Ross Distribution Company, LLC, which could not be independently confirmed against the company’s most recent SEC subsidiary filing, so they have not been presented above as verified relationships.