Background
Schulze, Richard M. was born in 1941 in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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Richard M. Schulze
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Doctor (honorary), University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, 1998.
Career
With Northern States Sales Company, 1962-1966. Founder, chairman Sound of Music (now Best Buy Company, Inc.), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, since 1966. Chief Executive Officer Best Buy Company, Inc., 1983—2002, chairman, since 2002.
Member Minnesota Business Partnership. Board director Pentair Inc., National Entrepreneur of Year Institute, since 1992. Board of overseers Carlson School of Management.
Board trustees University of St. Thomas. With Minnesota Air National Guard.
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Married; 9 children.
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American
Awards
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Named Corporation Leader of Year, Juvenile Diabetes Association, 1999. Named one of Top Chief executive officers, Worth Magazine, 1999, Forbes 400: Richest Americans, since 1999, Executive Pay, Forbes magazine, since 1999, World's Richest People, since 2001. Recipient National Entrepreneur of Year, Ernst & Young, 1999, America's Promise Red Wagon for Community Service, General Colin Powell, 1999, Outstanding Marketing Exec of Year, Minnesota Distributive Education Clubs of America, 2000, Robert C. McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Robert C. McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship, 2000.Named Corporation Leader of Year, Juvenile Diabetes Association, 1999. Named one of Top Chief executive officers, Worth Magazine, 1999, Forbes 400: Richest Americans, since 1999, Executive Pay, Forbes magazine, since 1999, World's Richest People, since 2001. Recipient National Entrepreneur of Year, Ernst & Young, 1999, America's Promise Red Wagon for Community Service, General Colin Powell, 1999, Outstanding Marketing Exec of Year, Minnesota Distributive Education Clubs of America, 2000, Robert C. McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Robert C. McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship, 2000.