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Ronald L. Sargent

Director, FIVE BELOW, INC

Since May 2, 2025.

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Record provenance
Alpha ID
alpha:person:ronald-l-sargent
Record version
vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Apr 21, 2026
Newest evidence
May 13, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
Published claims
24 7 distinct sources
Evidence records
14 0 pinned
Source conflicts
0 None open
Current role
DirectorSince May 2, 2025
Board seats
3FIVE BELOW, INC, Wells Fargo
Committee seats
0None published

Governance snapshot

Inspect sources

Board oversight, responsibilities and disclosed experience. Each detail comes from this record’s published evidence.

Board service

FIVE BELOW, INC

Current in the published record

Source disclosure: May 2, 2025. Status after that disclosure has not been established by this summary.

2025 to present

Appointment and supporting claims

Wells Fargo

Current in the published record

Source disclosure: Jan 1, 2017. Status after that disclosure has not been established by this summary.

2017 to present

Appointment and supporting claims

Kroger

Current in the published record

Source disclosure: May 13, 2026. Status after that disclosure has not been established by this summary.

2006 to present

Appointment and supporting claims

Committee responsibilities

Committee memberships have not been published. This does not mean the person has no committee responsibilities.

How to read this record

Built from 7 distinct sources and 14 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

Public-role record. Alpha publishes facts about this person's role at an organization in the public Registry, drawn from regulatory filings and company statements, and nothing about private life. Any person or agent may read it. The subject can correct, dispute, or object. How this works

DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Ronald L. Sargent seat on FIVE BELOW, INC, effective 2025-05-02.

EffectiveEffective May 2, 2025E9

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

FIVE BELOW, INC CurrentDirector, 2025 to presentOpen recordWells Fargo CurrentDirector, 2017 to presentOpen recordKroger CurrentChair, 2006 to presentOpen record
Supporting appointment claims (11)
Professional RoleDirector at FIVE BELOW, INC
Source reportedE9
person:ronald-l-sargent:role:1
Professional RoleDirector at Wells Fargo
Source reportedE10
person:ronald-l-sargent:role:2
Professional RoleChair at Kroger
Source reportedE2
person:ronald-l-sargent:role:3
Board membershipServes on the board of FIVE BELOW, INC
CorroboratedE12E5E7
person:ronald-l-sargent:board_membership:6
Board membershipServes on the board of The Kroger Co.
CorroboratedE7E14E5
person:ronald-l-sargent:board_membership:7
Board membershipServes on the board of Wells Fargo
CorroboratedE5E13E7
person:ronald-l-sargent:board_membership:8
Board roleBoard role: Chair
Source reportedE1
person:ronald-l-sargent:board_role:9
Board roleBoard role: Director
CorroboratedE6E8
person:ronald-l-sargent:board_role:10
Committee assignmentsNo committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing
CorroboratedE1E5
person:ronald-l-sargent:committee_assignments:11
Committee assignmentsCommittee assignments: Human Resources, Audit, Nominating/Governance
Source reportedE6
person:ronald-l-sargent:committee_assignments:12
Committee assignmentsCommittee assignments: Compensation, Nominating/Governance
Source reportedE8
person:ronald-l-sargent:committee_assignments:13

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Work experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

No published claims

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence
AI and ML experienceAI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE8E3
person:ronald-l-sargent:ai_ml_experience:1
AI expertiseAI expertise: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE11
person:ronald-l-sargent:ai_expertise:2
AI governance relevanceAI governance relevance reported from role and filings
Source reportedE11
person:ronald-l-sargent:ai_governance_relevance:3
Technology backgroundTechnology background: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE8E3
person:ronald-l-sargent:technology_background:21

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who may act on this authority. An agent about to transact, or one presenting itself as acting under this authority, checks these Claims first.

Published professional roleDirector, FIVE BELOW, INC, from May 2, 2025
Source reportedE9
person:ronald-l-sargent:role:1
Published professional roleDirector, Wells Fargo, from Jan 1, 2017
Source reportedE10
person:ronald-l-sargent:role:2
Published professional roleChair, Kroger, from Jan 1, 2006
Source reportedE2
person:ronald-l-sargent:role:3
Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents acting on this authorityNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence
Board independenceNot independent (executive director)
Source reportedE7
person:ronald-l-sargent:board_independence:4
Board independenceIndependent director
Source reportedE5
person:ronald-l-sargent:board_independence:5

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE3E8
person:ronald-l-sargent:cybersecurity_experience:14
Executive companyExecutive at Five Below Inc
Source reportedE3
person:ronald-l-sargent:executive_company:15
Executive companyExecutive at The Kroger Co.
CorroboratedE8E4E11
person:ronald-l-sargent:executive_company:16
Executive functionOther Executive (OTHER_EXECUTIVE)
Source reportedE11
person:ronald-l-sargent:executive_function:17
Executive titleExecutive title: Chairman of the Board
CorroboratedE4E11
person:ronald-l-sargent:executive_title:18
Executive titleExecutive title: Director
Source reportedE3
person:ronald-l-sargent:executive_title:19
Other Company RoleRonald L. Sargent is also linked to Staples, Inc. as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Source reportedE4
person:ronald-l-sargent:other_company_role:20

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencecorroborated
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources
14 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
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Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    KR DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published May 13, 2026. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    Source title not published
    sec filing. Published May 13, 2026. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    FIVE DEF 14A executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published May 1, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    KR 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved Apr 29, 2026. Cited by 3 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    Wells Fargo director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    WFC DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    The Kroger Co. director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    FIVE DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    Source title not published
    sec filing. Published May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    Source title not published
    sec filing. Published Jan 1, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  11. E11
    KR executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  12. E12
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  13. E13
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  14. E14
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Apr 21, 2026
  • Ronald L. Sargent seat on FIVE BELOW, INC, effective 2025-05-02.
  • Ronald L. Sargent seat on Wells Fargo, effective 2017-01-01.
  • Ronald L. Sargent seat on Kroger, effective 2006-01-01.
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  8. Compensation0
  9. Conflicts and accountability2
  10. Other published claims7
  11. Coverage gaps4
  12. Linked records3
  13. Monitoring4
  14. Subject and corrections6
  15. Evidence14
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