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Michelle Gass became Chief Executive Officer of the American department store chain Kohl’s Corporation in 2018 after Kevin Mansell retired from his post. She is one of the few female bosses in American retail businesses. Before she assumed the top position at the company, she served Kohl’s as chief merchandising and customer officer since 2015. Also, she spent nearly 15 years at Starbucks Corporation and 6 years at P&G. A veteran of retail and consumer goods sectors, she has over 25 years of professional experience in her field. As far as her education goes, Gass has done Chemical Engineering from a reputed institute. For details such as age, family, net worth, and email address, simply scroll down the wiki.
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Kohl’s Competitors
The Fortune 500 ranked leading omnichannel retailer has to contend with following giants to maintain its position in the industry:
As Chief Merchandising and Customer Officer, and CEO-elect, Michelle made 12.6 million USD in salary in the fiscal year 2017. Her pay for 2018 can be expected to be higher than this.
The publicly listed retailer is estimated to have a valuation of 10.1 billion USD in terms of market cap. Institutional holding in the company is around 110.48%. Some of the major owners include AQR Capital Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & CO., and BlackRock Inc.
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Career & Education – Company, University, & College
Before she became CEO of the company, Gass served Kohl’s as chief merchandising and customer officer in 2015. In 2013, she joined the company as chief customer officer. Before this, she worked for Starbucks for 16 years in different leadership positions handling merchandising, global strategy, and marketing. She did internship with P&G and after completing her college education, she joined full-time job there.
Michelle has done Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Contact Michelle Gass – Email Address | Twitter | LinkedIn
Kohl’s Corporation’s Chief Executive Gass has a Twitter handle @MichelleGass. However, she is not active there. She is also there on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-gass-709728a.
Kohl’s Customer Care Number | Help & Support
You can seek online assistance from customer representative team of the company on toll free number (866) 887-8884.
Wiki Trivia on Michelle Gass – Age, Wife, Family, & More
Kohl’s CEO Michelle, age 52, was born and brought up in Lewiston, Maine. Her parents are Claire and Bob Petkers. When she joined Starbucks, she had to move her base from Seattle to London along with family that includes her husband Scott and two children Megan and Will. She misses her days in Maine and mostly the summer time when she would go to Thompson Lake. For her, one of the memorable vacations is when her husband and she went camping on the lake with their family joining them on and off throughout the week.
Gass drinks Americano while going to office, and moves over to tea by midday. One of her favorite choices in tea is Vanilla Rooibos.
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