Sportsman?s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Paul Stone as the Chief Executive Officer effective November 1, 2023. Mr. Stone?s appointment follows an extensive search and selection process that considered both internal and external candidates. This process was led by the Board and conducted with the assistance of a leading independent executive search firm.

Mr. Stone will succeed Joseph P. Schneider, who has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President since April 2023. Mr. Schneider will continue to serve as Independent Chair of the Board until the end of 2023, when he will retire from the Board and director Rich McBee will succeed him as Independent Chair. Mr. Stone is a seasoned executive with direct experience in the outdoor specialty retail space, having served as the Chief Retail Officer of Cabela?s Inc., where he transformed the customer experience and led the modernization of the company?s digitization strategy.

Most recently, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., where he oversaw more than 11,000 locations globally with a strong focus on operations and customer service excellence. He also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and on the Board of Directors of Hertz from May 2020 to October 2021, and in that role helped drive the company?s successful emergence from bankruptcy. Mr. Stone is a highly experienced executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience in the retail space.

Prior to joining Sportsman?s Warehouse, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. from October 2021 to September 2023 after previously serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer and on the Board of Directors from May 2020 and October 2021. He previously served as Hertz?s Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Operations Officer for North America from March 2018 to May 2020. Prior to joining Hertz, Mr. Stone served as the Chief Retail Officer of Cabela?s Inc., an outdoor outfitter retail company from November 2015 to December 2017.

Prior to joining Cabela?s, Mr. Stone spent 28 years with Sam?s Club, a retail warehouse subsidiary of Walmart Inc., in various leadership roles, where he ultimately oversaw a P&L of approximately $18 billion and 30,000 employees.