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Market Cap:$329.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$834.3M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Overstock.com, Inc. is an online "closeout" retailer offering discount, brand-name merchandise for sale over the Internet. The company offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory liquidation distribution channel. Overstock.com, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market System. In July 2005, it acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Utah-based Ski West, Inc. for $25 million in cash.

Chairman
Jack Byrne
Number of Employees 1,036
Contact Information

6350 South 3000 East

Salt Lake City, Utah 84121

www.overstock.c...

801-947-3100

NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores): 453998

Recent Events

  • Overstock.com Engages KPMG as Auditor

    12/30/09 - Mgmt. Change - Leaving - View Story

  • Overstock.com Gets NASDAQ Extension and $20 Million Credit Line

    12/28/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Overstock.com has up-and-down year

    12/25/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Overstock.com Signs Financing Agreement With U.S. Bank N.A. - Quick Facts

    12/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Early Edge: General Electric, Massey Energy, Dendreon Corp., and Trina Solar Limited

    12/10/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Overstock.com to get $5 million in settlement

    12/09/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Overstock says it Settles with Rocker

    12/09/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story

  • To .biz, or not to .biz thats the question: URL liked by some but...

    12/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Overstock.com piles on the holiday discounts and promotions

    12/03/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • WinBuyer and Overstock Enter Strategic Partnership Agreement

    11/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • In rare move, Overstock fires auditor & files 10-Q

    11/19/09 - Mgmt. Change - Leaving - View Story

  • WinBuyer and Overstock Enter Strategic Partnership Agreement

    11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Overstock.com Launches New O.BIZ Website

    11/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Overstock.com Selects Syncsort DMExpress for Clickstream Processing

    10/19/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Mark Neisler
Dan Greening Chief Scientist
Holly MacDonald-Korth Senior Vice President, Auctions
Jacob Hawkins Senior Vice President, Online Marketing
Jonathan E. Johnson Senior Vice President
Kamille Twomey Senior Vice President, Marketing
Sam Peterson Senior Vice President, Technology
Stephen Tryon Senior Vice President
Stormy Simon Senior Vice President, Branding and Customer Care
Tad Martin Senior Vice President, Mdsg & Operations
Mike Robertson
Nicole Hagerman
Allison H. Abraham Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Jack Byrne Chairman
Patrick M. Byrne Chairman
Jason C. Lindsey Board of Directors
David K. Chidester Board of Directors
Gordon S. Macklin Board of Directors
John A. Fisher Board of Directors
John J. Byrne Board of Directors

Jack Byrne has been a director of the Company since 1985. Mr. Byrne formerly served as Chairman of the Company from 1985 to 2003, as CEO of the Company from February 2002 to December 2002, as Chairman of OneBeacon from June 2001 to December 2001, as CEO of the Company from January 2000 to June 2001, as President and CEO of the Company from 1990 to 1997 and as CEO of the Company from 1985 to 1990. Mr. Byrne serves as Chairman of Overstock.com Inc. See Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

Organization Position Status
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. Director of the Company Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Chairman Current
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. Board of Directors Current
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. President and CEO Former
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. Chairman Former
Onebeacon Chairman Former

Mark's background includes positions as software engineer and applications developer for the following companies: Emware Incorporated, US Robotics, State of Utah, Ysource, PowerPix and most recently Overstock.com. Mark's past experience with problem solving has made him resourceful in managing multiple, shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Organization Position Status
I T Outsource Director of Development Current
Emware Inc. Applications Developer Current
US Robotics Corporation Applications Developer Current
Power Pix LLC Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Current

Dr. Patrick M. Byrne is Chairman and CEO of Overstock.com, Inc., a Utah-based internet retailer that has been publicly traded since 2002. Under Byrne's leadership the company's revenue soared from $1.8 million in 1999 to $760.2 million in 2007. Before founding Overstock.com, Byrne served as chairman, president and CEO of Centricut, LLC, a manufacturer of industrial torch consumables, then held the same three positions at Fechheimer Brothers, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company and manufacturer of police, firefighter, and military uniforms. In 2001, he began Worldstock.com, Overstock.com's socially responsible marketplace for handcrafted products created by artisans from developing nations and from underprivileged artisans in the United States. Overstock's margins on these items are low in order to provide a larger percentage of the sales proceeds directly to the suppliers. On average, artisans receive about 60% of the profit. Byrne believes that, along with economic freedom, education is the foundation of a healthy society. Byrne has founded 19 schools internationally and is a champion of educational freedom in the United States. In that regard, he is very active in the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. His personal formal education includes a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in Philosophy & Asian Studies, a master's degree in philosophy from Cambridge University as a Marshall scholar, and a doctorate in philosophy from Stanford University. Byrne's free market philosophy and passion for sound economic principals often outweigh self interest. He encourages Americans to pay down their credit card debt, and has vigorously advocated for greater SEC oversight and federal enforcement efforts to curb various forms of securities manipulation practiced by large stock market participants, a position which has provoked the wrath of Wall Street. Byrne has a black belt in tae kwon do and once pursued a career in professional boxing. He has cycled across the country four times. His last ride, in the summer of 2000, was to raise awareness and funds for cancer research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Issues & Opinions Chairman and CEO Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Chairman Current
Aggregate Knowledge Board of Directors Current
My Trader's Journal Board of Directors Current
Aggregate Knowledge Chairman and CEO Former
Centricut, LLC Chairman, President and CEO Former
Friedman Foundation Chairman and President, Overstock.Com Former
Overstock.com, Inc. President Former
Fechheimer Brothers Co. Former
Issues & Opinions Board of Directors Former
Overstock.com, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Stanford University Doctorate In Philosophy Former
Cambridge University Master's Degree Former
Dartmouth College Bachelor's Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. President & COO Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Dan Greening is a computer scientist currently focusing on adaptive location services. He is CEO of BigTribe Corporation, an internet software company focusing on location services and personalization. BigTribe has developed a unique adaptive personalization algorithm that recommends locations (restaurants, stores, parks, etc.) you'll enjoy visiting and services (taxis, movie tickets, restaurant reservations, prescription refills, etc.) you'll use. It works with connected devices, such as web browsers and cell phones, and disconnected devices, such as PDAs. In 2002, Dr. Greening was chair of the Location Interoperability Forum's Standards Group (now part of Open Mobile Alliance), which wrote the widely-adopted Mobile Location Protocol. The Mobile Location Protocol allows middleware systems to transmit location information in a technology-neutral way. It can preserve privacy and permissions while roaming. It can represent location information in local coordinate reference systems, making it easier to use local maps and directories. These factors are key for deploying location services in mobile telephone systems. Dr. Greening was formerly Vice President of Engineering for Macromedia, directing software architecture, engineering, documentation and quality assurance for LikeMinds and Aria, marketing tools that improve revenues and quantify traffic on web sites. LikeMinds is an adaptive personalization system providing click-stream and preference-based collaborative filtering and market basket analysis in real-time, also on highly-trafficked sites. LikeMinds helps maximize the revenue potential for each visitor, and strengthens one-to-one relationships with customers, increasing retention and reactivation rates. Greening designed the parallel-processing architecture for LikeMinds, making it more scalable and accurate than competitors. LikeMinds is now bundled with IBM's WebSphere Commerce Server, where it displaced a well-entrenched competitor previously bundled with WebSphere.

Organization Position Status
Bigtribe CEO Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Chief Scientist Current
Macromedia, Inc. Vice President Engineering Current
Bigtribe President Former
Bigtribe Principal Investigator Former
University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. Former
University of Michigan Bse Former

As the Senior Vice President, Internal Reporting and Information, Dave’s duties include supervision of the company’s internal data and information, including internal reporting and cost accounting functions. Dave joined Overstock.com in 1999 as the corporate controller, was named acting CFO in August 2003, and promoted to the CFO position (Vice President of Finance) in January 2004 and was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance. Prior to Overstock.com, Chidester served four years as a senior auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Chidester earned a bachelor's degree in accounting, and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Utah.

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President, Finance Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President, Auctions Current

As Vice President of Online Marketing at Overstock.com, Jacob is responsible for online marketing and customer acquisition activities. Since joining Overstock.com in 2000, Jacob has performed various roles across the organization, including business development, marketing, and merchandising, and project management. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Jacob worked for Professional Marketing International, where he consulted individuals and businesses on how to build and market web sites online. Jacob received a bachelor's degree in business management from Brigham Young University and a masters of business administration with an emphasis in information systems from the University of Utah.

Organization Position Status
Aggregate Knowledge Senior Vice President, Online Marketing Current
My Trader's Journal Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Current
Issues & Opinions Senior Vice President, Change Management Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President, Online Marketing Current
University of Utah Masters Former
University of Utah Business Administration With An Emphasis In Information Systems Former

Jonathan E. Johnson III is the Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Legal of Overstock.com , and former General Counsel. The General Counsel now reports to Mr. Johnson. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Jonathan was with TenFold Corporation in various positions, including General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before that, Jonathan practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of the New York-based law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and the San Francisco-based law firm of Graham & James. His practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, international transactions and general corporate work. Jonathan was a judicial clerk at the Utah Court of Appeals and the Utah Supreme Court for Justice Leonard H. Russon. Jonathan received a bachelor's degree in Japanese from Brigham Young University, studied for a year at Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Japan, and received his law degree from the J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Law School at Brigham Young University.

Organization Position Status
Aggregate Knowledge Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Legal of Overstock.Com Former
My Trader's Journal President Current
Issues & Opinions President Current
Aggregate Knowledge President Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President Current
TenFold Corporation Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Former
Utah Court of Appeals Clerk Former
TenFold Corporation General Counsel Former
Utah Supreme Court Clerk Former

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President, Marketing Current

Sam Peterson, Senior Vice President, Technology, is responsible for IT infrastructure, development and website design at Overstock. Sam served as the Vice President, Software Development from early 2005, and was appointed as Director, Network and Systems Engineering in 2003, where he managed several development teams. During that time, he directed the technology team that built the Overstock.com Auctions website. Prior to joining Overstock in 1999, Sam was involved in creating several start-up internet ventures, including Fitnesoft, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Aggregate Knowledge Senior Vice President, Technology Current
Aggregate Knowledge Vice President, Software Development Former
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President, Technology Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Director Current
Aggregate Knowledge Director Current

Organization Position Status
Issues & Opinions Senior Vice President, Logistics Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President Current
Aggregate Knowledge Senior Vice President of Overstock.Com Current
United States Military Academy Assistant Professor Former
Stanford University M.A. In Philosophy Former
Stanford University B.S. In Applied Sciences Former
United States Military Academy B.S. In Applied Sciences Former

Since joining Overstock.com in 2001 Stormy Simon has held various marketing and management positions including Director of B2B, and originator of the Co-op Advertising program. Stormy currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Branding and Customer Care. She also oversees all offline marketing efforts, writing and producing all television, radio and print advertising, and does their media buying also. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Stormy was a media buyer and Director of Co-op Advertising for a major video distributor.

Organization Position Status
Aggregate Knowledge Senior Vice President Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President, Branding and Customer Care Current

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Senior Vice President, Mdsg & Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Ocean Media Inc. Chairman & Co-CEO Current
Ocean Media Inc. Founder Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Current
Pitney Bowes Inc. Current
KB Home Current
Best Buy Co., Inc. Current
Free Credit Report Current
Pacific Media President Former
Ocean Media Inc. President Former
Ocean Media Inc. Owner Former

Nicole Hagerman serves as Project Manager for the Montana World Trade Center. Nicole comes to MWTC from Overstock.com where she served as Director of International Sourcing. When Nicole started at Overstock.com, the company didn't have an international sourcing department; she developed the department from scratch into a formidable part of the business. She built a team of domestic and international based individuals supporting over $35 million in international purchasing. The purchasing was further supported when she established a Representative office in Shanghai, China. Nicole was also able to combine business with humanitarianism when she was appointed the Director of Worldstock.com. Worldstock's mission is to help artisans in developing countries establish sustainable businesses by selling their products at fair wages. She has worked with universities including Harvard and Westminster to set up programs and classes to support, encourage and teach social entrepreneurship. Nicole was also a part of eLocal.com for 2 years focusing on international development. She holds a bachelor's in Business from the University of Montana. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Digital IQ magazine and received the Utah Business "Forty under 40" Award for her work at Overstock.com and Worldstock.com.

Organization Position Status
Mwtc Project Manager Current
Global Development Services Inc. Account Manager Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Current
Harvard Corporation Former
Mwtc Bachelor's In Business Former
University of Montana Bachelor's In Business Former

Allison H. Abraham has served as a director of Overstock.com since March 2002. Ms. Abraham served as president and as a director of LifeMinders, Inc., an online direct marketing company, from May 2000 until the acquisition of LifeMinders by Cross Media Marketing Corp. in October 2001. Prior to joining LifeMinders, Ms. Abraham served as chief operating officer of iVillage Inc., an online media company, from May 1998 to May 2000. From February 1997 to April 1998, Ms. Abraham was president, chief operating officer and a director of Shoppers Express, an online grocery service, and also served as vice president of sales and marketing for several months prior to her promotion. From 1992 to 1996, Ms. Abraham held several marketing and management positions at Ameritech Corporation. She was employed at American Express Travel Related Services in New York City from 1988 to 1992, focusing on the launch of new products and loyalty programs. Ms. Abraham holds a MBA degree from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University.

Organization Position Status
Aggregate Knowledge Director Current
Issues & Opinions Director Current
My Trader's Journal Director Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Director Current
Ameritech Corporation Former
University of Virginia Mba Degree Former
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration MBA Degree Former
Tufts University Bachelor of Arts In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Overstock.com, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Overstock.com, Inc. Deputy Chairman Former
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     OSTK $14.01 -0.15 (-1.06% )
Average Volume 127,238
Shares Outstanding 22.84M
Market Cap 319.9M
Year High 17.99
Year Low 8.94
Earnings Per Share -0.05
P/E Ratio -280.20
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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