COMPANY

Office supply retail chain, with 1000 stores. Became public in 1988. Merged with The Office Club in 1990 to become the nation's largest office retailer.

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

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NYSE:ODP

Corporate headquarters:
Delray Beach, FL

Sales:
$12.3B (2003)

Employees:
46,000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Neil R. Austrian	Business	c. 1940		President of NFL, 1991-98
Jocelyn Carter-Miller	Business	c. 1957		President of TechEdVentures
David I. Fuente	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Office Depot, 1986-2000
Patricia B. Morrison	Business	c. 1959		CIO of Motorola
Steve Odland	Business	1959		CEO of Office Depot

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lee A. Ault III	Business	c. 1937		Telecredit
Neil R. Austrian	Business	c. 1940		President of NFL, 1991-98
David W. Bernauer	Business	1944		CEO of Walgreens, 2002-06
Abelardo E. Bru	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Frito-Lay, 1999-2004
Marsha Johnson Evans	Military	c. 1947		CEO of American Red Cross, 2002-05
David I. Fuente	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Office Depot, 1986-2000
Brenda J. Gaines	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Diners Club NA, 2002-04
Myra M. Hart	Business	c. 1940		Co-Founder of Staples
W. Scott Hedrick	Business	c. 1945		InterWest Partners
Kathleen Mason	Business	c. 1950		Cherry & Webb
Michael J. Myers	Business	c. 1940		Smith Barney Venture Corporation
Steve Odland	Business	1959		CEO of Office Depot

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bruce S. Gordon	Business	15-Feb-1946		President of the NAACP, 2005-07
James L. Heskett	Educator	c. 1934		Professor at HBS

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steve Landesberg	Actor	23-Nov-1945	20-Dec-2010	Dietrich on Barney Miller

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