Steve Odland

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Steve Odland is Chairman/CEO of Office Depot, a position he has held since 2005. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable, and is chairman of the Corporate Governance Task Force.

Prior to joining Office Depot, he was chairman, chief executive officer and a director of AutoZone, from 2001 until 2005 and president from 2001 until 2005. Previously he was an executive with Ahold USA from 1998 to 2000. Odland was president of the Foodservice Division of Sara Lee from 1997 to 1998. He was employed by The Quaker Oats Company from 1981 to 1996 in various executive positions. Odland is also a director of General Mills.

Steve Odland has a Bachelor's of Business Administration from The University of Notre Dame, and a Master's of Management degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.