Stephen Sadove
Stephen Sadove is an American businessman.[1][2] He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Saks Incorporated.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Biography
Early life
His father worked for the World Bank.[7] He graduated from Hamilton College in 1973, and received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.[2][4][7]
Career
From 1975 to 1991, he worked for General Foods.[2][4][7] He was president of Clairol from 1991 to 1995, where he was responsible for Worldwide Clairol's performance in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.[2][4] He was president of Worldwide Beauty Care from 1995 to 1998, senior vice president of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and president of Worldwide Beauty Care and Nutritionals from 1998 to September 2000, and senior vice president of Bristol-Myers Squibb and president of Bristol-Myers Squibb Worldwide Beauty Care from 1996 to January 2002.[1][2][5][6] From January 2002 to March 2004, he was vice chairman of Saks.[1][2][4][5][6] He has been CEO since January 2006 and chairman since May 2007.[1][2][4][5][6] He serves as chairman of the board of directors and executive committee of the National Retail Federation.[2][4][8] He is on the board of EQ Office.[1] He now sits on the board of directors of Colgate-Palmolive and the restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday.[1][4][5][6] He was chairman of the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York and sits on the board of trustees of his alma mater, Hamilton College.[2][9] He has lectured on the MBA program at Columbia Business School.[7]
Personal life
He has admitted to using playing tennis as a networking tool.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Forbes
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- ↑ Saks, About Us
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Saks Board of Directors Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Colgate-Palmolive Board of Directors
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Ruby Tuesday Board of Directors
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Adam Bryant, For the Chief of Saks, It’s Culture That Drives Results, The New York Times, May 29, 2010
- ↑ Saks CEO Stephen Sadove Elected Chairman of the NRF Board, National Retail Federation: Press Release, January 14, 2013
- ↑ Hamilton College Board of Directors
