AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Ross Stores (ROST)

Ross Stores CFO Adam Orvos to retire September 30, 2025; William Sheehan named successor

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Ross Stores announced that CFO Adam Orvos will retire effective September 30, 2025. William Sheehan, currently Group Senior Vice President, Finance, was appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer effective February 16, 2025, and is expected to succeed Orvos as CFO on October 1, 2025. The filing gives no financial results, so the change is a planned leadership transition rather than a change in company performance.

Key points

  • Adam Orvos (60) retires as Executive Vice President and CFO effective September 30, 2025
  • William Sheehan (56) appointed Deputy CFO effective February 16, 2025, and expected to become CFO on October 1, 2025
  • Sheehan joined Ross in February 2006 and has over 34 years of retail finance experience
  • Sheehan will report to Michael Hartshorn, Group President and Chief Operating Officer, as CFO

The filing

CompanyRoss Stores (ROST)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 20, 2025, 4:32 PM ET
Accession number0000745732-25-000003

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 20, 2025.

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