Hubert Joly was born on 11 August 1959 and is a businessman and Harvard Business School faculty member who formerly served as chairman and CEO of Best Buy.
15 Facts About Hubert Joly
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Hubert Joly is the former president, CEO and director of Carlson, a global hospitality and travel conglomerate based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.
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In January 2008, Hubert Joly was announced president and CEO of Carlson Companies, an American privately held international conglomerate in the hotel, travel and restaurant franchise industries, employing more than 175,000 people in more than 160 countries and territories.
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Hubert Joly took the position in March 2008 as a replacement for Marilyn Carlson Nelson, daughter of the founder Curt Carlson.
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On January 20,2017, a report in the Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico stated Hubert Joly was being considered for the CEO post at Carrefour.
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Hubert Joly stepped down as CEO of Best Buy in June 2019 to become Executive Chairman of the company.
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In June 2020, Hubert Joly stepped down as Executive Chairman and began teaching at Harvard Business School as a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration.
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Hubert Joly remains an advisor to Best Buy's CEO and Board of Directors.
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Hubert Joly is the author of The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism, which was published by Harvard Business Review on May 4,2021.
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Hubert Joly is a member and former chair of the board of trustees of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
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Hubert Joly formerly served as a member of the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, established in 2003 to advise the United States Department of Commerce, as well as the executive committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council.
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Hubert Joly was elected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum and honored as one of the 25 Most Influential Executives of the Business Travel Industry by Business Travel News magazine.
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In 2018, Hubert Joly was named one of the "Best CEOs In The World" by CEOWORLD magazine.
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Also in 2018, Hubert Joly was selected as one of the "World's Best CEOs" by Barron's and one of the "Best-Performing CEOs in the World" by Harvard Business Review.
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Hubert Joly is a Knight in the French National Order of Merit and in 2017 he was further awarded the French National Order of the Legion of Honour, the highest decoration in France for civil merit.