Hubert Joly
Business leader and former Best Buy CEO
Hubert Joly led Best Buy as chairman and CEO, and he also teaches as a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. He wrote The Heart of Business, a book of leadership principles.
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French Born 1959 in Laxou, France
About Hubert Joly
Hubert Joly is a graduate of HEC Paris and Sciences Po Paris. He led Best Buy as chairman and CEO, and he also served as president and CEO of Carlson, a hospitality and travel company based in Minneapolis. During his time at Best Buy, the share price rose from a low of $11 to a high near $90, and the company's carbon footprint fell by more than 50%. He has been ranked among top chief executives by Harvard Business Review, Barron's and Glassdoor. He has served on the boards of Johnson & Johnson and Ralph Lauren, and he is a knight in the French Legion of Honor. In The Heart of Business, he sets out leadership principles built around finding a noble purpose and putting people at the center. Money from sales of the book goes to the Best Buy Teen Tech Centers.