Michael Gould was the Chairman and CEO of

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, a division of

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, for 23 years.

Early life and career

Gould received his BA from

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in 1966 and his

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from

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in 1968. Gould began his career at

Abraham & Straus Abraham & Straus, commonly shortened to A&S, was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn. Founded in 1865, it became part of Federated Department Stores in 1929. Shortly after Federated's 1994 acquisition of R.H. Macy & Company ...

before leaving in 1978 to join Robinson's Department Stores in

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. In 1980, Gould became chairman of Robinson's. In May 1986, he was named president and Chief Operating Officer of

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, which was purchased by Avon the following year. After Giorgio's acquisition by Avon, Gould was promoted to president and Chief Executive Officer. In 1991, Gould began serving as Chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale's. He continued in that capacity through January 2014.

Personal life

Gould was born in Boston, Massachusetts. On October 10, 2015, Gould married Sara Moss, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Estée Lauder Companies. He was previously married to

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, with whom he has two children. Gould is involved with a number of philanthropic and non-profit organizations. He serves on the board of trustees of

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in Boston, the board of trustees of

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, the board of overseers of

. He is a Sustaining Fellow of

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's Center for Jewish Studies and a founder of the

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in Los Angeles. He also serves on the board of regents of the City of Hope and on the executive council of the

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References

External links

*Beth Surdut,
Michael Gould and Leonard Florence: Let Me Tell You a Story
, ''Hebrew College Today''.
Federated Department Stores
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