Brian C. Cornell is a businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies and presently occupies the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Target Corp. and Non-Executive Chairman of Yum! Brands, Inc. Mr. Cornell is also on the board of Catalyst, Inc., Retail Industry Leaders Association (former Chairman), The Consumer Goods Forum and The National Museum of African American History & Culture and Member of Grocery Manufacturers Association.

In the past Mr. Cornell held the position of Executive Vice President of Walmart, Inc. and President, Chief Executive Officer & EVP at Sam's West, Inc. (a subsidiary of Walmart, Inc.), Chief Executive Officer for Michaels Stores, Inc., Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo Americas Foods, President at Tropicana International, President-Food Services Division at Pepsi-Cola North America, Principal at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President at Safeway, Inc., Trustee & Member at The Culinary Institute of America, Inc. and Director at YMCA of Greater New York.

Mr. Cornell received an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.