2024: A veteran CEO of Hormel Foods, Jeff Ettinger is leading the University of Minnesota following president Joan Gabel’s stormy tenure and resignation. As an interim, he’s responsible for advancing
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A former Navy man, Wine held senior roles at national firms like Honeywell and United Technologies before becoming Polaris' CEO in 2008. In his handful of years at the helm,
Thulin wants to inspire more innovation in a company that's famous for Scotch tape, Scotchgard, and Post-It Notes. The Swedish-born Thulin's background is in marketing, not engineering, so look for
When Maureen Steinwall took over as president of the company in 1985, many customers and employees of the Coon Rapids-based injection-molding company quit in protest because a woman was becoming
Now that David Mortensen and Chuck Runyon have turned Anytime Fitness into the fastest-growing fitness club in the United States and the United States and the country's 14th most promising
Target's performance gets scrutiny both locally and nationally--in more than one sense, it's aways wearing a bull's-eye. In August, the discount retailer reporter lower second-quarter earning and offered a less-than-optimistic
Smith and Buffalo Wild Wings keep flying higher. It's now pushing toward 1,000 franchises, and not all of them are in the United States. The company opened its first restaurants
Rautio took the helm of Carlson in August 2012, just as the Minnetonka-based hospitality company was beginning to come back from the recession. She and her predecessor, Hubert Joy (now
Ken Powell proved again that he and General Mills have the courage of their convictions, whether that means taking a stand against labeling foods for genetically modified organisms or opposing
Peltier, a former Gopher hocket player, joined Edina Realty in 1977 and climbed into the CEO seat in 1992. He retained his title as leader of Edina's parent company, HomeServices
Oberton has been called one of the country's best CEOs for the buck (Forbes), who leads the company with the country's top-performing stock of the past 25 eyars (Bloomberg Businessweek).
There are noteworthy years and there are Noseworthy years. In 2013, Noseworthy, the head of Mayo Clinic, convinced the State of Minnesota to secure $585 million in state and local
It's a wonder that Nelson is as trim as he is, cosidering the volume of snacks close at kand as CEO of KLN Family Brands. Fortunately, he can always confine
You no longer have to sweat it out to Zumba or kickboxing among complete strangers. Founded in 2008, the interactive group exercise platform allows for individuals to sift through nine
Marwin runs her family business based on the values instilled by her grandfather George, who founded the Warroad company more than a century ago. She steered the business through a
Cargill president and COO Maclennan took over Minnesota's largest private company's top spot Dec. 1, 2013, as departing CEO Gregory Page became chairman. MacLennan has been with the company for
Kruckelberg started out in the trucking business by putting in hours at his father's plant, Spray Control Systes. Now he runs the whole outfit. It was one of the first
Joly, who left the Carson travel conglomerate for Best Buy in August 2012, has taken the company from code blue to Renew Blue, a five-part intiative designed to resuscitate the