Lee Delaney

Lee Delaney, president and CEO of BJ’s Wholesale Club, died unexpectedly, the company said. Delaney was 49. The company said in a press release Friday that Delaney died of “presumed natural causes” on Thursday April 8 2021, but did not elaborate when asked for details. Delaney joined the warehouse membership club in 2016 and was promoted to president in 2019. Prior to that Delaney was a partner at Boston-based global business consulting firm Bain & Co. Delaney attended business school at Carnegie Mellon University. Westborough, Massachusetts-based BJ’s operates 221 clubs with 6 million members. The company had sales of $15.4 billion in fiscal 2021.