Michael R. Odell was the chief executive officer at
Pep Boys
Pep Boys is an American automotive aftermarket service chain. Originally named Pep Auto Supply, the company was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1921 by Emanuel (Manny) Rosenfeld, Emanuel "Manny" Rosenfeld, Maurice "Moe" Strauss, Jack J ...
from September 22, 2008, until September 26, 2014, and its president from 2008 until 2014. He was an interim chief executive officer at Pep Boys from April 23, 2008, to September 2008 and its executive vice president and chief operating officer from September 17, 2007, to April 2008.
Before that he was an executive vice president and general manager of Sears Retail & Specialty Stores, a $27 billion division of
Sears Holdings Corporation. He joined Sears in its finance department in 1994 until he joined Sears' operations team in 1998. Odell held executive operations positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president of stores, finance and operations at Sears Automotive Group. He began his career with
Deloitte & Touche in Chicago, Illinois, as its CPA. He has been a director of
Meritage Homes Corporation
Meritage Homes Corporation is a publicly traded American real estate development company that constructs a variety of single-family detached homes across the United States. It is the sixth largest home builder in the United States, based on 2020 ...
since December 2011.
Odell holds an M.B.A. from
Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and a B.S. in accounting from the
University of Denver's
Daniels College of Business
The Daniels College of Business is one of twelve graduate programs at the University of Denver. Founded in 1908, the Daniels College of Business is the eighth oldest business school in the United States. Daniels currently enrolls approximately ...
.
References
American retail chief executives
Living people
Kellogg School of Management alumni
University of Denver alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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