Howard Lester
... that Howard Lester bought Williams-Sonoma in 1976 when it had four stores and sales of US$4 million and grew the company to annual sales of US$3.4 billion at 600 stores, including the Pottery Barn chain?
... that <b id="mwApM"><a href="./W._Howard_Lester" id="mwApQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="W. Howard Lester">Howard Lester</a></b> bought <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Williams-Sonoma" id="mwApU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Williams-Sonoma">Williams-Sonoma</a> in 1976 when it had four stores and sales of <span about="#mwt21" class="nowrap" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Nowrap","href":"./Template:Nowrap"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[United States dollar|US$]]4 million"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwApY" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><a href="./United_States_dollar" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States dollar">US$</a>4 million</span> and grew the company to annual sales of <span about="#mwt22" class="nowrap" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Nowrap","href":"./Template:Nowrap"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"US$3.4 billion"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwApc" typeof="mw:Transclusion">US$3.4 billion</span> at 600 stores, including the <a href="./Pottery_Barn" id="mwApg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pottery Barn">Pottery Barn</a> chain?