Working For Costco In Singapore

You can understand if Don Burdick seems a little euphoric these days. He's heading to Singapore as one of Costco's top operations people there.

Burdick, 42, is leaving Pyramid Breweries in Seattle where he was chief financial officer. He'll be rejoining Issaquah-based Costco on May 12. He previously served the discount warehouse giant as vice president and legal and corporate counsel.

Burdick expects to leave in July for Singapore. He said Costco plans to open five to eight warehouses in Singapore and Malaysia.

Costco has more than 270 discount warehouses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Mexico and South Korea, with sales projected at $21 billion this year.