---
title: "YANKEE CANDLE CO INC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90c83929-eef5-5fef-a2ca-a87426ddebcb
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/90c83929-eef5-5fef-a2ca-a87426ddebcb
identifier: sec:0001084242
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# YANKEE CANDLE CO INC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** US  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001084242`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90c83929-eef5-5fef-a2ca-a87426ddebcb  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/90c83929-eef5-5fef-a2ca-a87426ddebcb  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **FARLEY STEPHEN** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/11fe11fb-0f65-50df-bbed-6d3d5fec6bda
- **FARLEY STEPHEN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/11fe11fb-0f65-50df-bbed-6d3d5fec6bda
- **RYDIN CRAIG W** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93a0760e-9058-5db5-b94c-622b5231fb29
- **PERLEY JAMES A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/07aaec38-cda2-5259-bf64-90d5fae44d5b
- **KENT HARLAN M** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8168db8f-2275-595f-9df2-4a962753f784
- **LACROIX MARTHA S** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06781874-a5c0-568b-b062-d6407cf1692f
- **RYDIN CRAIG W** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93a0760e-9058-5db5-b94c-622b5231fb29
- **LACROIX MARTHA S** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06781874-a5c0-568b-b062-d6407cf1692f
- **RUFFOLO RICHARD** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc6828f5-b292-5c67-a0c8-c9e47bd077e9
- **HILL PAUL J** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4aa51938-11e0-549d-972b-71d1cf6213d4
- **BESANKO BRUCE H** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a402c7fd-9897-5a8e-86c6-ab440d3e797d
- **RUFFOLO RICHARD** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc6828f5-b292-5c67-a0c8-c9e47bd077e9
- **KENT HARLAN M** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8168db8f-2275-595f-9df2-4a962753f784
- **HILL PAUL J** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4aa51938-11e0-549d-972b-71d1cf6213d4
- **BESANKO BRUCE H** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a402c7fd-9897-5a8e-86c6-ab440d3e797d
- **MEYROWITZ CAROL** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3df5eac7-eb1b-5284-8af7-aa2d277568a0
- **WRIGHT DOREEN A** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/15f34a79-5a34-59ac-aa00-10e2f52e16a1
- **THORNE MICHAEL B** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46c4fd03-16ee-5a29-87a1-76bd321e5c33
- **HORBACH SANDRA** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f53bf611-5c0d-5b88-8522-160f90778043
- **ARCHBOLD MICHAEL G** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f3cf1e6-da03-59f8-8067-ff78b745ab4f
- **SARGENT RONALD** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b0a51d87-d7f8-52c5-bfc8-947a5fd01caf
- **HINES MICHAEL F** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a3fb0d7f-9263-52d0-b03b-cc80141e1c9f
- **POLK MICHAEL B** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346798f8-a15f-5e8b-94c7-5bbd7fe67cdd
- **FREY DALE F** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f372e365-8014-5c93-ace4-22ae8b4913cd
- **VISHWANATH VIJAY** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63c7a3bb-302b-5da4-b4f2-7cc35574e57b

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **FARLEY STEPHEN** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **FARLEY STEPHEN** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **RYDIN CRAIG W** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **PERLEY JAMES A** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **KENT HARLAN M** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **LACROIX MARTHA S** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **RYDIN CRAIG W** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **LACROIX MARTHA S** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **RUFFOLO RICHARD** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **HILL PAUL J** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **BESANKO BRUCE H** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **RUFFOLO RICHARD** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **KENT HARLAN M** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **HILL PAUL J** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **BESANKO BRUCE H** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **MEYROWITZ CAROL** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **WRIGHT DOREEN A** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **THORNE MICHAEL B** — officer → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **HORBACH SANDRA** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **ARCHBOLD MICHAEL G** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **SARGENT RONALD** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **HINES MICHAEL F** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **POLK MICHAEL B** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **FREY DALE F** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*
1. **VISHWANATH VIJAY** — director → *YANKEE CANDLE CO INC*

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **YANKEE CANDLE CO INC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90c83929-eef5-5fef-a2ca-a87426ddebcb · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/90c83929-eef5-5fef-a2ca-a87426ddebcb._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._