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Retail Business Leaders

Founders, chief executives and investors shaping retail. 6 of 27 profiles published so far.

Brian Cornell, executive chairman and former chief executive of Target Corporation
Retail

Brian Cornell

The veteran consumer executive who spent more than a decade steadying Target, turning a data breach and a sales slump into one of retail's most studied turnarounds.

Retail

Marvin Ellison

The man who started as a part time Target security guard and rose to run Lowe's, becoming one of the very few Black executives to lead two Fortune 500 companies.

Retail

Corie Barry

The Minnesota accountant who joined Best Buy as a financial analyst and rose over two decades to become its chief executive, steering the electronics retailer through a turbulent era.

Retail

Roz Brewer

The chemist turned executive who ran Sam's Club, served as Starbucks operating chief, and became one of the few Black women ever to lead a Fortune 500 company at Walgreens.

Retail

Apoorva Mehta

The former Amazon engineer who failed at twenty startups before founding Instacart, building the grocery delivery giant into a public company and becoming a billionaire.

Peyush Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Lenskart
Retail

Peyush Bansal

The engineer who left Microsoft to rebuild how India buys glasses, turning Lenskart into a ten billion dollar eyewear powerhouse.