Best Buy Announces New CEO: St. Ben's Grad Corie Barry
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Best Buy announced Monday morning that CFO Corie Barry will be replacing Hubert Joly as CEO.
Barry, who is a College of Saint Benedict graduate, will join the 5% of female CEOs for a Fortune 500 company.
Hubert Joly will transition to Executive Chairman of the company's board.
#Breaking: @BestBuy CFO Corie Barry replaces Hubert Joly as CEO. Joly will transition to executive chairman of the board. Barry will become among the 5% of female CEOs for a Fortune 500. $BBY @WCCO
— Christiane Cordero (@abc7christiane) April 15, 2019