Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a San Francisco-based, vertically integrated specialty retailer of premium home furnishings and cookware. From a single 1956 cookware shop in Sonoma, California, it grew into a portfolio of in-house-designed brands - Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Williams Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, Mark and Graham, and GreenRow - sold through e-commerce, catalogs, retail stores, and a growing B2B business. It is one of the largest digital-first home retailers in the United States, with roughly $7.7-7.9 billion in annual revenue.
Laura Alber is the longest-tenured female CEO on the Fortune 500, running Williams-Sonoma, Inc. since 2010. She built Pottery Barn Kids from a business plan she wrote while pregnant, then doubled the parent company's revenue and turned a furniture catalog company into one of the largest digital-first home retailers in America.