Gregg+Steinhafel

Since the 1962 opening of the first Target in Roseville, Minnesota the company has grown into a successful discount retail business. Target is one of the largest discount stores and sells everything from clothes and food, to toys and electronics. Gregg Steinhafel is the President, CEO, and Chairman on Target’s //Board of Target Corporation.// He graduated from Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, got a BBA in 1977 and then a few years later graduated from the Kellogg Northwestern University with an MBA. Target recruited him in 1979 as a merchandising trainee and he climbed the ranks for 29 years until he became President in 1999 then replaced Bob Ulrich as CEO in 2008. He said that his time at the Kellogg School of management really helped him and gave him innovation. His strategy is to be distinctive, unique, new, and inventive but still right on track at half the price. He is in charge of creating projects, authorizing marketing and advertising, making stores appealing and fully stocked, and just running Target in general. He makes 8,100,000.__00__ as an annual salary and Target makes 3 million dollars a week. __Bibliography__
 * Wikipedia.com
 * Forbes.com
 * Topics.com
 * Kellog.edu