# Brad Weston

> Brad Weston is a San Diego-based retail executive and Boot Barn board director whose career spans Robinsons-May, May Merchandising Company, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Petco, Party City and At Home. His work combines merchandising, private brands, store formats and digital retail with later responsibility for corporate restructurings. At Home announced his retirement as CEO in May 2026 and a planned transition to an advisory role.

- **Role:** Board Director at Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.; announced transition to adviser at At Home in 2026
- **Organizations:** Boot Barn Holdings, Inc., At Home Group Inc., Party City Holdco Inc., Petco, Dick’s Sporting Goods, May Merchandising Company, Robinsons-May, Vera Bradley, Inc., National Retail Federation
- **Education:** B.S. in Business Administration, with an emphasis in finance and marketing, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Advanced from department-store executive trainee to general merchandise manager and later to three specialty-retail CEO roles., Progressed from chief merchandising officer to president and CEO at Petco., Led Party City during its 2023 restructuring and emergence with nearly 800 stores.

## Career timeline

- **1988-2006** — Worked in the May department-store organization, starting as an executive trainee and advancing to senior merchandising leadership.
- **2006-2011** — Served in senior roles at Dick’s Sporting Goods, including chief merchandising officer.
- **2011** — Joined Petco as executive vice president and chief merchandising officer.
- **2014** — Added the presidency of Unleashed by Petco.
- **2015** — Became president of Petco.
- **2017-02** — Became Petco CEO under the succession plan announced in September 2016.
- **2018** — Left Petco and joined Boot Barn’s board.
- **2019-07** — Appointed president of Party City Holdco and CEO of Party City Retail Group.
- **2020-04** — Became CEO and a director of Party City Holdco.
- **2023-10** — Party City completed its Chapter 11 restructuring, eliminating nearly $1 billion in debt.
- **2023-11** — Stepped down as Party City CEO, effective November 3.
- **2024** — Served on Vera Bradley’s board from January to July.
- **2024-06** — Became At Home CEO, effective June 3.
- **2025-10** — At Home emerged from Chapter 11 on October 24 with substantially all of nearly $2 billion in funded debt eliminated.
- **2026-05** — At Home announced his planned retirement as CEO after June and transition to an advisory role.

## Achievements

- Advanced from department-store executive trainee to general merchandise manager and later to three specialty-retail CEO roles.
- Progressed from chief merchandising officer to president and CEO at Petco.
- Led Party City during its 2023 restructuring and emergence with nearly 800 stores.
- Led At Home during its 2025 restructuring, which removed substantially all of nearly $2 billion in funded debt.
- Served on Boot Barn’s board beginning in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — At Home announced Weston’s retirement as CEO after June, a planned advisory transition, a CEO search and Aaron Rose’s promotion to president and chief commercial officer.
- **2025-10** — At Home completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 on October 24.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradwestonceo

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Last updated: 2026-10-23