Michelle Gass, the chief executive officer of Menomonee Falls-based department store chain Kohl’s Corp., has been ranked fourth by Fortune magazine on its Businessperson of the Year list.
Tricia Griffith, the CEO of Mayfield, Ohio-based Progressive Corp., is ranked #1 on the list.
Fortune’s profile of Gass says the company is “one of retail’s savviest survivors” and says Gass “engineered many of its most successful innovations.”
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Gass became the CEO of Kohl’s in May, after Kevin Mansell retired. In addition, Sona Chawla was promoted to president of the company.
