Background
Magowan was born on April 5, 1942 in New York City, New York, United States; the son of Robert Anderson and Doris Merrill Magowan.
Magowan was born on April 5, 1942 in New York City, New York, United States; the son of Robert Anderson and Doris Merrill Magowan.
Magowan received a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University in 1964. Two years later he was given a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oxford. In 1968, he completed two years of post-graduate work at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Magowan began his career as a store manager at Safeway Stores Inc. in Washington in 1968. Two years later he took a position of a district manager at Safeway Stores Inc. in Houston. Then he worked as a retail operations manager at Safeway Stores Inc. in Phoenix from 1971 to 1972.
In 1973, Peter served as a division manager at Safeway Stores Inc. in Tulsa. Three years later he was appointed a manager of international division at Safeway Stores Inc. in Toronto. Also in 1978, Magowan was a manager of western region at Safeway Stores Inc. in San Francisco and held it for a year.
He worked as a chief executive officer at Safeway Stores Inc. in Oakland between 1980-1993. Robert took a position of a director at Old Carco LLC since 1986. In 1993, he held the position of an independent director at Caterpillar Inc., where he worked until December 31, 2014. Magowan served as a non executive director of Spring Group Limited from August 1996 to March 10, 2006. Also in November 26, 1986 he became a member of the Board of Directors of Safeway Inc. and held the position until March 31, 2005.
In 1993, he was a managing general partner and president of San Francisco Giants, a major league baseball team, where he worked until 2008. He was a member of Supervisory Board at Daimler AG from 1998 to December 31, 2007. Since 1998, Robert has been a director of The Vons Companies, Inc. and W5 Networks, Inc. since October, 2005.
Peter Magowan was married to Jill Tarlau. They have 3 children. On August 14, 1982 he married Deborah Johnston.