Bruce Besanko
Director/Board Member at USO of Illinois
Network origin in Bruce Besanko first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Company | Electronics/Appliance Stores | 38 | |
OfficeMax LLC
 OfficeMax LLC Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services OfficeMax, Inc. engages in the distribution of both business-to-business and retail office products. It operates through the following segments: Contract and Retail. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.
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| Subsidiary | Wholesale Distributors | 22 |
| Subsidiary | Food Distributors | 22 | |
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
 Circuit City Stores, Inc. Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Circuit City Stores, Inc. is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, home office products, entertainment software and related services. The company has two reportable segments: its domestic segment and its international segment. Circuit City was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1949. The company is located in Richmond, VA.
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| Extinct | Electronics/Appliance Stores | 20 |
| Public Company | Department Stores | 15 | |
The Yankee Candle Co., Inc.
 The Yankee Candle Co., Inc. Industrial ConglomeratesProducer Manufacturing The Yankee Candle Co., Inc. manufactures and retails scented candles. Its products include candles, wax melts, candle accessories, flameless fragrance, car and small spaces, gifts and gift cards, personalized candles and fragrances. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in South Deerfield, MA.
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| Subsidiary | Industrial Conglomerates | 13 |
USO of Illinois
 USO of Illinois Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services USO of Illinois provides assistance to servicemen. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL.
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| Non-Profit Organization | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 10 |
Diebold Nixdorf Holding Germany GmbH
 Diebold Nixdorf Holding Germany GmbH Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., Diebold Nixdorf Holding Germany GmbH functions as an investment holding company. The private company is based in Padeborn, Germany. The company was founded in 2017. The CEO is Gerrard B. Schmid.
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| Subsidiary | Financial Conglomerates | 2 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Bruce Besanko via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
| BED BATH & BEYOND INC. | Specialty Stores | Chief Executive Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Dell, Inc.
 Dell, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX. | Computer Processing Hardware | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED | Electronic Equipment/Instruments | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
| ALLY FINANCIAL INC. | Regional Banks | Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member | |
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc.
 The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. Food RetailRetail Trade The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. operated supermarkets and grocery stores. Its brand names included A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium, Path Mark, and Super fresh Waldbaums. The company was founded by George Huntington Hartford and George Francis Gilman in 1850 and was headquartered in Ramsey, NJ. | Food Retail | Corporate Officer/Principal Public Communications Contact | |
| THE HOME DEPOT, INC. | Home Improvement Chains | Director/Board Member Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
| KROGER CO. (THE) | Food Retail | Director/Board Member Chief Operating Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| MATTEL, INC. | Recreational Products | Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member | |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | Major Banks | Director/Board Member Sales & Marketing | |
Office Depot LLC
 Office Depot LLC Specialty StoresRetail Trade Office Depot LLC engages in the provision of office products, services, supplies, and technology solutions. It operates through the following segments: Retail, Business Solutions, and CompuCom. The Retail segment involves in selling merchandise through chain of office supply stores and offers products and services in the categories of supplies, technology, and furniture and other. The Business Solutions segment trades branded and private branded products and services and provides copy and print services. The CompuCom segment comprises procurement, installation, and managing the life cycle of hardware and software businesses; and offers information technology (IT) support services including remote help desk, data centers, and on-site IT professionals. The company was founded by F. Patrick Sher, Stephen Dougherty, and Jack Kopkin in March 1986 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL. | Specialty Stores | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Operating Officer Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Ralphs Grocery Co.
 Ralphs Grocery Co. Food RetailRetail Trade Ralphs Grocery Co. operates a chain of grocery stores and supermarkets. The company also operates warehouse style stores. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Compton, CA. | Food Retail | Director of Finance/CFO President | |
| RITE AID CORPORATION | Drugstore Chains | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| STAPLES, INC. | Specialty Stores | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
 Toys "R" Us, Inc. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Toys "R" Us, Inc. engages in the distribution and retail of toys and baby products. The firm's products include Hello Kitty City Cruiser, Bugaboo Cameleon and Bugaboo Donkey Strollers, Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets and Hug and Tugs, Puppy and Monkey. It offers a selection of private label merchandise under names such as Babies "R" Us, Journey Girls, Imaginarium, Fast Lane, You and Me, Just Like Home, True Heroes, Totally Me!, Dream Dazzlers, and Fao Schwarz. The company was founded by Charles P. Lazarus in February 1948 and is headquartered in Wayne, NJ. | Specialty Stores | Corporate Officer/Principal Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Administrative Officer | |
Walgreen Co.
 Walgreen Co. Drugstore ChainsRetail Trade Walgreen Co. engages in the provision of pharmacy, health, and wellness solutions. Its services include pharmacy, front end, health care services, and consumer services. The company was founded by Charles R. Walgreen, Sr. in 1901 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL. | Drugstore Chains | President Sales & Marketing | |
| BBQ HOLDINGS, INC. | Restaurants | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Director of Finance/CFO | |
Fred Meyer, Inc.
 Fred Meyer, Inc. Food DistributorsDistribution Services Headquartered in Portland-OR, Fred Meyer is one of the nation's largest grocery retailers. | Food Distributors | Director of Finance/CFO President Chief Executive Officer Sales & Marketing Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Ernst & Young LLP
 Ernst & Young LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| Harvard Business School | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
National Retail Federation, Inc.
 National Retail Federation, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services National Retail Federation operates membership organizations. Its channels of distribution include department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet and independent stores. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Northwestern University
 Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. | Specialty Stores | Corporate Officer/Principal Director of Finance/CFO Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Best Buy Capital
 Best Buy Capital Investment ManagersFinance Best Buy Capital (Best Buy Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Best Buy Co. Inc founded in 2008 by Richard M. Schulze. The firm is headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. | Investment Managers | President Chief Administrative Officer President | |
| University of Wisconsin | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Food Marketplace, Inc.
 Food Marketplace, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Food Marketing Institute, Inc. develops, promotes, and conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| Kellogg School of Management | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| EXPRESS, INC. | Apparel/Footwear Retail | Director/Board Member Investor Relations Contact Director/Board Member | |
The Ohio University
 The Ohio University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Central Hockey League operates a professional minor league hockey teams playing in small to medium-sized markets primarily in central and southwestern US states. The league, which was started in 1992, is managed and operated by WPHL, a subsidiary of Global Entertainment Corporation. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| BLOOMIN' BRANDS, INC. | Restaurants | Chairman Director of Finance/CFO | |
Network of Executive Women
 Network of Executive Women Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Network of Executive Women organizes events and learning programs for its members. The non-profit company is based in Houston, TX. Lisa P. Baird has been the CEO of the company since 2023. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal General Counsel | |
| CARMAX, INC. | Specialty Stores | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Finastra USA Corp., Inc.
 Finastra USA Corp., Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services D+H USA Corp. develops software for financial institutions. Its products and services include deposit and loan origination platform, call-center, mortgage, business intelligence, core processing, customer relationship management, document solutions, item processing, ompliance training, branch automation, check & MICR printing, mortgage lending, and electronic management solutions. It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Lake Mary, FL. | Packaged Software | Chairman Chief Executive Officer | |
| CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. | Restaurants | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| University of Illinois | College/University | Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
Ravinia Festival Association
 Ravinia Festival Association Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Ravinia Festival Association provides professional music shows. Its programs include reach programs, teach programs, instrument game, and program for jazz. The company was founded in 1904 and is located in Highland Park, IL. | Movies/Entertainment | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
University of Minnesota
 University of Minnesota Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN. | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
RBC Capital Markets LLC
 RBC Capital Markets LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Director/Board Member Analyst-Equity | |
| ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC. | Food Retail | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
University of Miami
 University of Miami Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| Harvard College | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Best Buy Food Service, Inc. | General Counsel Corporate Officer/Principal | ||
YCC Holdings LLC
 YCC Holdings LLC MiscellaneousMiscellaneous YCC Holdings LLC operates as a holding company with interest in designs, manufactures and markets premium scented candles. The company was founded on October 20, 2006 and is headquartered in South Deerfield, MA. | Miscellaneous | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY | Department Stores | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member |
Statistics
International
| United States | 48 |
| Canada | 3 |
Sectoral
| Retail Trade | 17 |
| Consumer Services | 15 |
| Commercial Services | 7 |
| Finance | 5 |
| Electronic Technology | 3 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 396 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 251 |
| Independent Dir/Board Member | 113 |
| President | 98 |
| Chief Executive Officer | 97 |
Most connected contacts
| Insiders | |
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| Matthew Rubel | 38 |
| Ed Wilson | 33 |
| Ellen Costello | 27 |
| Mary Winston | 23 |
| Mary Tolan | 22 |
| Michael Bender | 21 |
| Lenard B. Tessler | 21 |
| Gerrard Schmid | 20 |
| Gerald Storch | 19 |
| Robert Miller | 19 |
| Ravichandra Saligram | 19 |
| Russ M. Strobel | 18 |
| Mark Neporent | 17 |
| Jeffrey R. Gural | 17 |
| Ronald D. Boire | 17 |
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