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• HANDS-ON APPROACH TO CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION
• OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH
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President and chief executive officer, Staples

Nationality: American.

Born: 1955, in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

Education: Harvard University, BA, 1977; Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, MBA, 1979.

Family: Son of a mechanic and a housewife; married; children: two.

Career: Kroger Company, 1979–1989, various management and planning positions; Staples, 1989–1991, various positions...