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Thomas G. Stemberg (1949-2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He co-founded office supply retail chain Staples Inc. with Leo Kahn and was a political supporter of Mitt Romney.
Staples Inc. is an American company that sells office supplies and furniture, with 994 stores in the U.S. and Canada. It was founded in 1986 and has faced competition from online retailers and merger attempts with Office Depot.
Thomas G. Stemberg, prominent Harvard alumnus and Staples Inc. founder, wrote a heavily critical letter addressed to Faust dated January 6, 2013. [78] [79] Stemberg was co-chair of the Friends of Harvard Basketball fundraising group. [78] [80] The 2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team lost two stars to the scandal. [78]
One of Kahn's biggest rivals was Thomas G. Stemberg, the owner of a competing New England supermarket chain called First National Supermarkets. At one point, Kahn and Stemberg engaged in a price war over the lower price for Thanksgiving turkeys. [5] Kahn sold Purity Supreme to the Supermarkets General Corporation in 1984 for $80 million. [5]
Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco. It has invested in over 280 companies, including 2U, Lululemon, and Malwarebytes, and raised over $4 billion in committed capital.
Learn how Mitt Romney rose from a management consultant to a co-founder of Bain Capital, one of the largest private equity firms in the U.S., and how he also led the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Find out his achievements, challenges, and controversies in his business career.
Thomas G. Donlon is an American law enforcement administrator. On September 13, 2024, Donlon, a Bronx native, began serving as interim New York City Police Commissioner following the resignation of Edward Caban. [1] [2] He is the third police commissioner to serve under New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Samuel Budgett (27 July 1794 – 29 April 1851) was an English merchant who built up a wholesale grocery business called H.H. & S. Budgett, based in Kingswood Bristol. ...