Gap, Incorporated ( ) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris Fisher. As of October 2006, Gap Inc. had approximately 150,000 employees and operated 3,139 stores worldwide in the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, Ireland, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Donald Fisher retired as Chairman of the Board in 2004 and was replaced by Sabastion Gravano. The Fisher family collectively owns 37% of the company stock. The CEO of Gap, Paul Pressler, who previously ran the Disney theme parks resigned on January 22, 2007. Glenn Murphy was appointed chairman and CEO of the company July 26, 2007.
