Steve Odland is chairman, president and chief executive officer of AutoZone, Inc., the nation's largest auto parts and accessories retailer with over $5B in sales and 45,000 employees across the U.S. and Mexico. AutoZone has been public since 1991 and an S&P 500 component since 1996. AutoZone trades on the NYSE under the symbol AZO.

Odland came to AutoZone in January 2001 from Ahold, Inc., a global supermarket operator where he last served as chief operating officer for Ahold USA. Prior to that he was president & CEO of multi-billion dollar Tops Markets, Inc., an Ahold operating company in the northeast part of the U.S. with grocery, drug and convenience store chains.

Previously, Odland served as president of the food service division of Sara Lee Bakery. Prior to that, he spent sixteen years with the Quaker Oats Company in a variety of positions including VP/general manager of Quaker Oatmeal Cereals division, VP strategic development for International Foods (Europe, Latin America, Asia) and VP marketing, Golden Grain Division. Earlier at Quaker he worked in a variety of brand management positions.

Odland has served as a member of the board of directors of the following companies and organizations: Peapod, Inc. then a NASDAQ-traded internet grocery company; Royal Ahold-Perlis Plantations Berhad (Malaysia joint venture); Royal Ahold-Kerry PTE Ltd. (Singapore joint venture); International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA); Buffalo Niagara Partnership; and Memphis Tomorrow.

Odland holds a Masters in management degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University, and a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Notre Dame.