- Michael W. Wright
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Michael W. Wright is a Minneapolis business executive who has served as chief executive officer of SuperValu (1981–2001) and who currently is a director of Wells Fargo & Company.
He was educated at St. Thomas Academy and later attended the University of Minnesota, receiving a BA degree and later, in 1963, a JD degree. After practicing law with the firm of Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis, Wright joined SuperValu, Inc., in March 1977 as senior vice president for administration. In 1978 Wright was named chief operating officer and president.
Wright was president of SuperValu until 2001, serving concurrently as chief executive officer from 1981 and chairman of the board of directors from 1982. A recipient of the 1999 Horatio Alger Award, he also served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He retired as president and CEO of SuperValu in June 2001 and as chairman in June 2002.
Elected a director of Norwest in 1991, he served on the bank's board until its merger in 1998 with Wells Fargo, whereupon he became a director of Wells Fargo.
Politically, he has been a member of George W. Bush for President and of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Wright is a member of the boards of Wells Fargo & Company, Canadian Pacific Railway, Cargill, Inc., S.C. Johnson & Son, and Honeywell International, Inc. He is also a trustee of St. Thomas Academy, a former member of the University of Minnesota Law School Board of Visitors (1999–2004), and trustee emeritus of the University of Minnesota Foundation.
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SuperValu, Inc. Corporate Directors: Craig Herkert · Gary Ames · Irwin Cohen · Ronald E. Daly · Lawrence A. Del Santo · Susan E. Engel · Philip L. Francis · Edwin C. Gage · Garnett L. Keith, Jr. · Charles M. Lillis · Kathi SeifertChains: Acme · Albertsons · Cub Foods · Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy · The Market · Hornbacher's · Jewel · Lucky · Osco & Sav-on Pharmacy · Save-A-Lot · Shaw's · Shop 'n Save · Shoppers Food & Pharmacy · Star Market · Supervalu PharmaciesSupply Chains: Advantage Logistics · Total Logistic Control · W. Newell & CompanyStock Ticker: NYSE: SVU · Employees: 200,000 · Website: supervalu.com Minnesota-based corporations Fortune 500 Corporations (by size) UnitedHealth Group · Target · SuperValu · Best Buy · Travelers · 3M · U.S. Bancorp · CHS · General Mills · Medtronic · Xcel Energy · Land O'Lakes · Ameriprise Financial · C. H. Robinson Worldwide · Hormel · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Mosaic Company · Ecolab · St Jude MedicalFortune 1000 Corporations (by size) Companies listed above, plus: PepsiAmericas · Nash Finch · Pentair · Alliant Techsystems · Valspar · Patterson Companies · Securian Financial Group · Regis · Polaris Industries · Toro · Deluxe · Donaldson · Fastenal · H.B. Fuller · Federated Mutual Insurance Company · CeridianMajor non-public or externally
owned corporations (alphabetically)Categories:- Living people
- American chief executives
- Wells Fargo
- People from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- University of Minnesota alumni
- University of Minnesota Law School alumni
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