Myron E Ullman III

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2004; Directeur General, Group Managing Director, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (luxury goods manufacturer/retailer) from 1999 to 2002; President of LVMH Selective Retail Group from 1998 to 1999; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, DFS Group Ltd. from 1995 to 1998; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of R. H. Macy & Company, Inc. from 1992 to 1995; Director of Starbucks Corporation and Pzena Investment Management, Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Mercy Ships International. Myron Edward Ullman III, known as Mike, was born on Nov. 26, 1946, in Youngstown, Ohio, to Myron Edward Ullman Jr., a mechanical engineer and designer, and June (Cunningham) Ullman. He grew up in nearby Canfield. He studied business at the University of Cincinnati and graduated in 1969. The university awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2006. He married Cathy Emmons in 1969. In addition to her, he is survived by their six children, Cayce, Tryan, Peter, Kyrk, Kwynn and Maddy Ullman; his siblings Chris Stubbins, Gretchen Tisone, Curt Ullman and Greg Ullman; and six grandchildren. Two siblings, Carl Ullman and Deborah Shaw, died before him. He retired in 2002 as a progressive neurological condition that doctors struggled to diagnose grew more debilitating. After moving to a ranch in Colorado, he joined the boards of several corporations, including Starbucks in 2003. He became the company’s chairman in 2018 and held that position until 2021. He returned from retirement to lead JC Penny.