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Todd J Vasos

American born Greek/Italian decent. Born September 1961 in Wilmington NC to Thomas and Renetta Vasos. Todd graduated from Hoggard High school in Wilmington NC in 1979 and went on to attend and graduate from Western Carolina University in 1983 with a degree BS Marketing/Management. After graduating college Todd joined Eckerd Drug in early 1983 and worked his way up to VP of operations before leaving for Phar-Mor food and Drug in 1994. During his tenure at Phar-Mor in Youngstown OH Todd raised to the level of SVP and chief merchandising officer which he parlayed into a new roll in 2001 at Longs Drugs. Todd went on to work at Longs Drugs in Walnut Creek CA. From 2001-2008 were he held the position of Chief Operating Officer after the company was sold to CVS. Todd didn’t wait very long and joined Dollar General in late 2008 in Nashville TN, just 2 weeks after the close of the CVS deal. Todd’s tenure at DG was a rocket ship in that he entered the company as EVP CMO/Division President and was promoted to COO in 2013 only to be elevated to CEO in 2015 in which he oversaw tremendous growth in the company and elevating the stock price from $76.00 per share in 2015 to more than $260.00 in Nov 2022 at which time he moved to Senior Adviser and Board Member. Todd is married to Sandy Pratt-Vasos and has 4 daughters (Megan, Marah, Leah and Savannah) along with a stepson Tyler Pratt and 8 grand children.