Gerald L. Storch is a business executive who has led several large retailers. He is the Founder and CEO of Storch Advisors, a global business and management advisory firm. He is frequently on television as discussing retail and consumer news, including appearing on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business. Prior to Storch Advisors, he was CEO of HBC, the parent of
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue (originally Saks & Company; colloquially Saks) is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in New York City and founded by Andrew Saks. The original store opened in the F Street shopping district of Washington ...
and
Hudson’s Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business div ...
. Prior to HBC, Storch was
Chairman and
CEO of
Toys "R" Us
Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer owned by Tru Kids (doing business as Tru Kids Brands) and various others. The company was founded in 1957; its first store was built in April 1948, with its headquarters loc ...
, Inc. He also served as Vice Chairman of
Target Corporation
Target Corporation ( doing business as Target and stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh largest retailer in the United States, and a com ...
. He began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he was a partner with specialties in consumer goods and financial services. Storch, a graduate of
Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...
,
Harvard Law School, and
Harvard Business School, is a member of the Board of Directors of
Bristol Myers Squibb and Fanatics, the leading retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise.
He has been a resident of
Vero Beach, Florida, Wayzata, Minnesota, and Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.
Recognition
In 2013, AdvisoryCloud ranked Storch as the #1 CEO on their Top Chief Executive List.
[May, 2013 ExecRank Top CEOs https://www.advisorycloud.com/rankings/2013-top-private-company-ceos ]
References
External links
* Biography from Storch Advisors Websit
American retail chief executives
American businesspeople in retailing
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American toy industry businesspeople
Harvard Business School alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
People from Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople
McKinsey & Company people
Harvard College alumni
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