Who Founded Dollar Tree?

Macon Brock co-founded Dollar Tree in 1986 with Doug Perry and Ray Compton after years running K&K Toys. He served as the company's president and later chief executive, then as chairman, guiding its shift from a toy-store side project into a national single-price chain, its 1993 rename to Dollar Tree and its 1995 NASDAQ listing. Brock and his wife Joan were prominent philanthropists in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He died in 2019. Macon Brock was born in 1942.

J. Douglas (Doug) Perry co-founded Only $1.00 in 1986 alongside Macon Brock and Ray Compton and served as Dollar Tree's chairman for much of its early public-company history. His family's variety-store roots shaped the treasure-hunt merchandising that defined the chain, and he remained a long-serving board member after stepping back from management. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).

H. Ray Compton co-founded Dollar Tree in 1986 and served as a senior executive, including chief financial officer, during the chain's early expansion and its 1995 initial public offering. He later served on the company's board of directors for many years. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).