Executive Profiles
Blake W. Nordstrom
President,
Nordstrom Inc.
Last Updated: 06/08/2010
Biographical Summary
The great-grandson of the department store chain's founder, Nordstrom joined the company as a salesman after college and later headed its stores in Alaska and Washington. He was running Nordstrom Rack when he was appointed president in 2000 at age 39, becoming the fourth generation of the family to head the chain. He's now working to help Nordstrom weather a downturn in sales that's hitting its upscale department stores hardest.
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