17 Facts About Brian Cornell

Brian C Cornell was born on c 1959 and is an American businessman, and the chairman and chief executive officer of Target Corporation.

Brian Cornell was born in 1959 in Queens, New York City.

Brian Cornell grew up in a fatherless household from the age of six, and his mother was living on welfare due to heart disease.

Brian Cornell graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981.

Brian Cornell attended the UCLA Anderson School of Management, attending in 1991.

Brian Cornell was the chief marketing officer and an executive vice president of Safeway Inc.

Brian Cornell was the CEO of Michaels from 2007 to 2009, CEO of Sam's Club from 2009 to 2012, and CEO of PepsiCo Americas Foods, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, from 2012 to 2014.

Brian Cornell was on the board of directors of OfficeMax, from 2004 to 2007, and of The Home Depot, from 2008 to 2009.

Brian Cornell has been on the board of Centerplate and Polaris Industries.

Brian Cornell is the chairman of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, and a board member since 2015.

In 2019, Brian Cornell was named CNN's "Business CEO of the Year".

Brian Cornell was honored with "The Visionary" award by the National Retail Federation for 2022, given each year to "an outstanding retail industry leader".

Brian Cornell earned a higher annual bonus due to the company's improved profits, although his overall compensation dropped.

Brian Cornell is on the board of advisors of the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Brian Cornell is on the board of directors for Catalyst and previously was a member on the museum council for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Brian Cornell publicly stated commitment to programs at Target to support diversity, equity and inclusion following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.

Brian Cornell said it would no longer participate in external diversity surveys, including the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index.