Three Eastside business leaders will be inducted into the Junior Achievement Puget Sound Business Hall of Fame on April 23.
The 2015 Laureates include:
Jeff Brotman, co-founder of Costco Wholesale, an international low-price membership retail chain and the largest U.S. wholesale club, headquartered in Issaquah, Washington.
Gene Juarez, founder of the Bellevue-based Gene Juarez Salons & Spas, Inc. Juarez created 10 full-service salons, two cosmetology schools, and the Gene Juarez Advanced Training Salon.
Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco Wholesale. His innovations made Costco the first warehouse club to include fresh food, eye-care clinics, pharmacies, and gas stations.
The inductees will be honored at a celebration in partnership with the Puget Sound Business Journal at Bell Harbor International Conference Center.
More information is available at www.jawashington.org/halloffame or 206-296-2616.
Junior Achievement’s purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.