Michael W. Wright

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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