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99 Cents Only Stores company history timeline

1996

1996 Public Offering Fuels Expansion

By 1996, there were more than 30 99¢ Only stores scattered throughout the Los Angeles area, with annual sales topping $150 million.

1997

In November 1997, 99¢ Only acquired 48 percent of Minnesota-based Universal International, Inc. for $4 million in cash and merchandise.

With the proceeds raised through the IPO, Gold opened a number of new stores before the end of the year, giving the company a total of more than 40 stores as it entered 1997.

1998

The transaction was expected to be concluded by mid-1998 for approximately $17 million.

2000

His family said he lived in the same middle-class home for nearly five decades with Sherry, his wife of 55 years, and drove the same Toyota Prius he purchased in 2000.

2011

The company was sold in 2011 for about $1.6 billion.

2012

2012 marked a turning point for the Company when it celebrated its 30th anniversary and decided to go private by partnering with Ares Management and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.

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Founded
1982
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Headquarters
Commerce, CA
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Founders
Dave Gold
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