Wolverine World Wide Names Brendan Hoffman To Succeed Blake Krueger As CEO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW) announced Wednesday that Brendan Hoffman, President and a member of the Company's Board of Directors, will also become Chief Executive Officer at the end of the year.

Hoffman will succeed Blake Krueger, who began his career with the Company in 1993 and has been CEO since 2007 and Chairman of the Board since 2009. As part of the transition, Krueger will assume the newly created role of Executive Chairman of Wolverine Worldwide.

As Executive Chairman, Krueger will continue to lead Wolverine Worldwide's Board of Directors and will partner with Hoffman on key international and strategic initiatives.

Hoffman joined Wolverine Worldwide as president in September 2020. Before joining Wolverine Worldwide, Hoffman was CEO of Vince Holding Corp., a publicly traded, global contemporary fashion brand.

Prior to joining Vince in 2015, Hoffman was CEO and President of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. and President and CEO of Lord & Taylor LLC. In addition, he was CEO and President of Neiman Marcus Direct earlier in his career.