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• EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER
• REDEFINING OFFICE DEPOT
• LESS IS MORE
• A PARTIAL TURNAROUND
• THINK PEOPLE FIRST
• RECURRING PROBLEMS
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman and chief executive officer, Office Depot

Nationality: American.

Born: ca. 1945.

Education: Idaho State University, BA, 1968; Stanford University Executive Program, 1984.

Family: Married LaVaun (maiden name unknown); children: two.

Career: Boise Cascade, 1968–1990, senior management; BT Office Products USA, 1990–1994, president and chief executive officer; Viking Office Products, 1995, executive vice president and chief...