target011008.box
On the homepage
Food
Out There
Reusse's Turkey
NewsBreak
Urlich bio
Print this story
E-mail this story
Save to del.icio.us
Share on Facebook
Share on Digg
Minnesota business by the numbers
See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits
More from Business
<h3>ROBERT J. ULRICH</h3>
<p><b>Age:</b> 64</p>
<p><b>Born:</b> 1943, in Minneapolis</p>
<p><b>Education:</b> University of Minnesota, B.A., 1967 </p>
<h3>CAREER MILESTONES</h3>
<p><b>1967:</b> Joins Dayton Corp. as a trainee in the merchandising department.</p>
<p><b>1981-1984:</b> President and CEO of Diamond's Department Stores, a division of Dayton Hudson Corp. that later was sold to Dillard's.</p>
<p><b>1984:</b> Named president of Target Stores, the largest operating division of Dayton Hudson Corp., with annual sales of $3 billion.</p>
<p><b>1987: </b>Promoted to chairman and CEO of Target Stores, still one of three divisions.</p>
<p><b>1994:</b> Becomes chairman and CEO of Dayton Hudson Corp.</p>
<p><b>Jan. 13, 2000:</b> Changes Dayton Hudson's name to Target Corp., with Target stores accounting for three-quarters of sales.</p>
<p><b>2001:</b> Decides to put Dayton's and Hudson's stores under the Marshall Field's brand, which had been acquired in 1990.</p>
<p><b>June 9, 2004:</b> May Department Stores Co. purchases Marshall Field's for $3.24 billion, which includes the 62-store chain and nine Mervyn's stores in the Twin Cities.</p>
<p><b>July 29, 2004:</b> Sells off Mervyn's chain of 257 stores to a group of financial and real estate investors for $1.65 billion.</p>
<p><b>Age:</b> 64</p>
<p><b>Born:</b> 1943, in Minneapolis</p>
<p><b>Education:</b> University of Minnesota, B.A., 1967 </p>
<h3>CAREER MILESTONES</h3>
<p><b>1967:</b> Joins Dayton Corp. as a trainee in the merchandising department.</p>
<p><b>1981-1984:</b> President and CEO of Diamond's Department Stores, a division of Dayton Hudson Corp. that later was sold to Dillard's.</p>
<p><b>1984:</b> Named president of Target Stores, the largest operating division of Dayton Hudson Corp., with annual sales of $3 billion.</p>
<p><b>1987: </b>Promoted to chairman and CEO of Target Stores, still one of three divisions.</p>
<p><b>1994:</b> Becomes chairman and CEO of Dayton Hudson Corp.</p>
<p><b>Jan. 13, 2000:</b> Changes Dayton Hudson's name to Target Corp., with Target stores accounting for three-quarters of sales.</p>
<p><b>2001:</b> Decides to put Dayton's and Hudson's stores under the Marshall Field's brand, which had been acquired in 1990.</p>
<p><b>June 9, 2004:</b> May Department Stores Co. purchases Marshall Field's for $3.24 billion, which includes the 62-store chain and nine Mervyn's stores in the Twin Cities.</p>
<p><b>July 29, 2004:</b> Sells off Mervyn's chain of 257 stores to a group of financial and real estate investors for $1.65 billion.</p>
Recent Business stories
Pro-immigrant political action committees see their donations, political influence growing - January 9, 2008
Pro-immigrant political action committees see their donations, political influence growing - Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraising shift ahead of next year's congressional races. More
- Ponzi scheme suspect liked cars -- and his submarine
- 2 charged with running $190M Ponzi scheme
- Shoppers got a turkey deal
- 'Christmas creep' pushes shopping ever earlier
- Toyota to replace gas pedals on 4 million vehicles
- 3 state firms are accused of forging signatures
- Feds put damper on American holiday ritual
Blog: Patent Pending
Lights out at U energy conference. Irony police notified.
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
Comment on this story | Be the first to comment | Hide reader comments