COMPANY

Chain of department stores founded in Minneapolis by George Draper Dayton as The Dayton Company in 1902, which opened the first Target store in 1962. Merged with Hudson's in 1969, becoming Dayton Hudson, and acquired Marshall Field's in 1990. In 2000 Dayton Hudson changed its corporate name to Target, which remains by far the corporation's most profitable division.

Official Website:
http://www.target.com/

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NYSE:TGT

Corporate headquarters:
Minneapolis, MN

Sales:
$52.6B (2006)

Employees:
340,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Draper Dayton	Business	6-Mar-1857	18-Feb-1938	Founder of what is now Target Stores
Gerald L. Storch	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Toys R Us
Robert J. Ulrich	Business	1944		CEO of Target
Kenneth B. Woodrow	Business	c. 1944		President of Target Stores, 1994-99

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roxanne S. Austin	Business	c. 1960		President and COO of DirecTV, 2001-03
Calvin Darden	Business	5-Feb-1950		VP at UPS, 1998-2005
James A. Johnson	Business	24-Dec-1943		CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98
Richard Kovacevich	Business	30-Oct-1943		CEO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2007
Mary E. Minnick	Business	27-Nov-1959		VP at Coca Cola
Anne M. Mulcahy	Business	21-Oct-1952		CEO of Xerox, 2001-09
Derica W. Rice	Business	1965		CFO of Eli Lilly
Stephen W. Sanger	Business	10-Apr-1946		CEO of General Mills, 1995-2007
Warren R. Staley	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Cargill
John G. Stumpf	Business	1953		CEO of Wells Fargo
George W. Tamke	Business	c. 1948		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Solomon D. Trujillo	Business	17-Nov-1951		CEO of Telstra
Robert J. Ulrich	Business	1944		CEO of Target

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William W. George	Business	14-Sep-1942		CEO of Medtronic, 1991-2001
Michele J. Hooper	Business	c. 1951		Co-Founder, The Directors' Council

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dave Gaubatz	Activist	?		Muslim Mafia

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lance Bass	Singer	4-May-1979		*NSYNC, the Quiet One
Garth Brooks	Country Musician	7-Feb-1962		Ropin' the Wind
Joey Fatone	Singer	28-Jan-1977		Baritone of *NSYNC
Kevin Federline	Relative	21-Mar-1978		Briefly Mr. Britney Spears
Stacy Ferguson	Singer	27-Mar-1975		Fergie from Black Eyed Peas
Amy Grant	Singer/Songwriter	25-Nov-1960		Christian rocker
Kathy Griffin	Actor	4-Nov-1960		Vicki on Suddenly Susan
Ice-T	Rapper	16-Feb-1958		Pimp, Cop Killer
Heidi Klum	Model	1-Jun-1973		German supermodel
Don Knotts	Actor	21-Jul-1924	24-Feb-2006	Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show
Jack La Lanne	Fitness Guru	26-Sep-1914	23-Jan-2011	Fitness guru
Jamie Lidell	Singer	18-Sep-1973		Multiply
Camryn Manheim	Actor	8-Mar-1961		Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Cheech Marin	Actor	13-Jul-1946		The stoned half of Cheech and Chong
Wayne Newton	Singer	3-Apr-1942		Top Las Vegas act
Ashley Olsen	Actor	13-Jun-1986		Olsen Twin
Bronson Pinchot	Actor	20-May-1959		Balki on Perfect Strangers
Ian Somerhalder	Actor	8-Dec-1978		Damon on The Vampire Diaries
Britney Spears	Singer	2-Dec-1981		Oops!... I Did it Again
Justin Timberlake	Singer	31-Jan-1981		*NSYNC
will.i.am	Rapper	15-Mar-1975		Black Eyed Peas

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