Founder Profile
Bill Isackson
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Bill Isackson?
Bill Isackson is a founder of Ross Stores, Inc., which was founded in 1982 with Morris Ross, Stuart Moldaw and Don Rowlett.
- Company founded
- Ross Stores, Inc.
- Founded
- 1982
- Co-founders
- Morris Ross, Stuart Moldaw and Don Rowlett
Background
Bay Area retail operator who owned and expanded the pre-1982 Ross chain.
Founding Story
Bill Isackson bought the Ross store from Morris Ross in 1958 and grew it into a small chain of six Bay Area junior department stores. That six-store chain is what an investor group bought in 1982 and converted to the off-price format. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Ross Stores 2025 Form 10-K (Ross Stores, Inc.)
- Ross FY2025 results release (Ross Stores, Inc.)