Location Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Regions Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Dave Dillon is Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Kroger Co., based in Cincinnati. He served as Kroger’s Chief Executive Officer from 2003 – 2013.
The company employs 343,000 associates who serve customers in more than 3,600 supermarkets, convenience and jewelry stores under two dozen names. Kroger also operates 37 U.S. food processing
plants.
Dave served in a variety of leadership roles after joining the Dillons Company in 1976 with its King Soopers division in Denver. During his career, he served in various leadership positions with Fry’s Food Stores and the Dillon Companies before being named president of Dillon Companies in 1986. He was appointed executive vice president of Kroger in 1990, and he was elected president and chief operating officer of the company in 1995. Dave was named CEO of Kroger in 2003. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2004.
Dave earned a bachelor’s degree in Business at the University of Kansas and a law degree at Southern Methodist University.
Dave is a member of the board of directors of DIRECTV.
He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of Cincinnati Foundation, the Board of Trustees for the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati, the Board of Trustees for the University of Kansas Endowment, the Board of Trustees for Bethesda, Inc., and the Board of Directors for Catalyst.
