Founder Profile
Macon Brock
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Macon Brock?
Macon Brock is a founder of Dollar Tree, Inc., which was founded in 1986 with J. Douglas Perry and Ray Compton.
- Company founded
- Dollar Tree, Inc.
- Founded
- 1986
- Co-founders
- J. Douglas Perry and Ray Compton
Background
Former U.S. Marine Corps officer who co-founded the K&K Toys chain with father-in-law K.R. Perry in 1970 before launching Only $1.00.
Founding Story
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.
Sources
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- Dollar Tree, Inc. Reports Strong Second Quarter Results (fiscal 2026) (Dollar Tree, Inc.)
- Dollar Tree 2025 Form 10-K (Dollar Tree, Inc.)