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Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.Originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music, it was rebranded under its current name with an emphasis on consumer electronics in 1983.
Hubert Joly (born 11 August 1959) is a businessman and Harvard Business School faculty member [2] who formerly served as chairman and CEO of Best Buy.He is also the former president, CEO and director of Carlson, a global hospitality and travel conglomerate based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.
Geek Squad, Inc. is a subsidiary of American and Canadian multinational consumer electronics corporation Best Buy, headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.The subsidiary was originally an independent company founded by "Chief Inspector" Robert Stephens on June 16, 1994, and offers various computer-related services and accessories for residential and commercial clients.
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Best Buy is widely considered the go-to place for consumer electronics and gadgets. Whether you’re in the market for a new car stereo, an upgraded washing machine, or some human expertise to ...
In turn, GreatCall was acquired by electronics retailer Best Buy on August 15, 2018, for $800 million. [1] GreatCall's CEO became Best Buy Health's president of active aging. [11] In May 2021, the company renamed itself Lively, taking the name of the company it had acquired in 2015. [12] Lively became available on Apple Watch in 2021. [13]
Best Buy: Hubert Joly: Chairman and CEO [19] 2012 Previously CEO of CWT: 2018-10-01 Bharti Enterprises: Sunil Bharti Mittal: Founder and chairman [20] 1985 Founder of the firm 2018-10-01 Blackstone Group: Stephen A. Schwarzman: Chairman, CEO and co-founder [21] 1985 Co-founded the firm with Peter George Peterson: 2017-11-15 BHP: Mike Henry: CEO ...
Best Products Company, Inc., or simply Best, was a chain of American catalog showroom retail stores founded by Sydney and Frances Lewis in 1957 and formerly headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company was in existence for four decades before closing all of their stores by February 1997 and completely liquidating by December 1998.