Goizueta Alumni Marvin Ellison (Executive MBA 2005) was on the cover of the March 1, 2016 issue of Fortune Magazine, highlighting his rise from security guard at Target to CEO of J.C. Penney. Read the full article by clicking on the link below.
The CEO Who’s Reinventing J.C. Penney
Photograph by Nancy Newberry for Fortune Question: If you wanted to buy a pair of men’s shoes at a department store, would you look for them next to (a) Men’s Clothing, or (b) Women’s Footwear? “It was a terrible idea,” says Marvin Ellison, shaking his head as he walks a reporter through a Penney store in Frisco, Texas.