The Anderson era

June 25, 2009 at 1:15AM

Brad Anderson has led Best Buy since 2002. His tenure, by the numbers.

Sales: Grew from $17.7 billion to $40 billion last year

Earnings: Grew at an average 16.5 percent a year

Stores: From 600 in United States and Canada to 3,900 in 13 countries

Stock price: From $23.97 on July 1, 2002, the first day of trading in his tenure, to close at $32.98 June 23, his last day as CEO

Total return: 50.1 percent

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