Wurtzel received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1955 and a J.D. from Yale Law School. He joined Circuit City in 1966 as vice president of legal affairs and then was CEO from 1972 to 1986. He was chairman of the board from 1984 to 1994 and vice-chairman from 1994 to 2001. Circuit City was profiled as one of the eleven companies in Jim Collins' 2001 book Good to Great. Wurtzel sold all of his Circuit City Stock in 2000, and left the company in 2001.[1] Under his leadership, the company grew to be the best performing Fortune 500 Company for any fifteen-year period between 1965 and 1995.
Wurtzel was director of Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., retiring from the board in 2009,[2] and from 1989 to 1996, was on the board of Office Depot. He has been an active investor in startup companies[which?] and remains on the board of two privately held companies[which?].
On October 9, 2012, Wurtzel released his book on the history of Circuit City, Good to Great to Gone, with Diversion Books.
Personal lifeedit
Since retiring from Circuit City, Wurtzel has split his time between commercial and non-profit activities. Early on, much of his time was devoted to higher education and K-12 educational reform. He was a trustee of Virginia Commonwealth University where he endowed a professorship in memory of his father,[3] a member of the Virginia State Board of Education and the State Council for Higher Education. He was also a director of not-for-profit standards-based education policy organizations including New American Schools, National Center on Education and the Economy, and the Council for Basic Education. As a member of Virginia's State Board of Education, he actively participated in the formulation and adoption of the current Standards of Learning program.
Currently, Wurtzel is a trustee of The Phillips Collection, where he has been active in developing its expansion and investment plans; the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, an environmental group that works to protect the Bay; the Brady Campaign, a gun violence prevention organization, and his alma mater Oberlin College.
He is married to the playwright Irene Rosenberg Wurtzel, and has three grown children. He lives in Washington, D.C. and Delaplane, Virginia.
Referencesedit
^Wagner, Rodd. "'Undead' Circuit City Won't Rise If It Forgets What Killed It". Forbes.
^"Alan Wurtzel To Retire From Dollar Tree Board". Dollar Tree.
^"Wurtzel chair - VCU School of Social Work". socialwork.vcu.edu.
alan, wurtzel, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliab. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Alan Wurtzel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia s neutral point of view policy There may be relevant discussion on the talk page January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Alan Wurtzel is an American businessman author speaker and philanthropist He spent 13 years as CEO of Circuit City before retiring in 1986 He now acts as trustee for the Phillips Collection and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer editWurtzel received a B A from Oberlin College in 1955 and a J D from Yale Law School He joined Circuit City in 1966 as vice president of legal affairs and then was CEO from 1972 to 1986 He was chairman of the board from 1984 to 1994 and vice chairman from 1994 to 2001 Circuit City was profiled as one of the eleven companies in Jim Collins 2001 book Good to Great Wurtzel sold all of his Circuit City Stock in 2000 and left the company in 2001 1 Under his leadership the company grew to be the best performing Fortune 500 Company for any fifteen year period between 1965 and 1995 Wurtzel was director of Dollar Tree Stores Inc retiring from the board in 2009 2 and from 1989 to 1996 was on the board of Office Depot He has been an active investor in startup companies which and remains on the board of two privately held companies which On October 9 2012 Wurtzel released his book on the history of Circuit City Good to Great to Gone with Diversion Books Personal life editSince retiring from Circuit City Wurtzel has split his time between commercial and non profit activities Early on much of his time was devoted to higher education and K 12 educational reform He was a trustee of Virginia Commonwealth University where he endowed a professorship in memory of his father 3 a member of the Virginia State Board of Education and the State Council for Higher Education He was also a director of not for profit standards based education policy organizations including New American Schools National Center on Education and the Economy and the Council for Basic Education As a member of Virginia s State Board of Education he actively participated in the formulation and adoption of the current Standards of Learning program Currently Wurtzel is a trustee of The Phillips Collection where he has been active in developing its expansion and investment plans the Chesapeake Bay Foundation an environmental group that works to protect the Bay the Brady Campaign a gun violence prevention organization and his alma mater Oberlin College He is married to the playwright Irene Rosenberg Wurtzel and has three grown children He lives in Washington D C and Delaplane Virginia References edit Wagner Rodd Undead Circuit City Won t Rise If It Forgets What Killed It Forbes Alan Wurtzel To Retire From Dollar Tree Board Dollar Tree Wurtzel chair VCU School of Social Work socialwork vcu edu External links edithttp www jimcollins com http circuitcitystory com http www circuitcity com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alan Wurtzel amp oldid 1197272738, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
