Business & Tech

Joly Officially Starts As New Best Buy CEO, President

Hubert Joly was appointed to the position on Aug. 20.

Best Buy's new president and CEO, Hubert Joly, officially began his work Tuesday.

Joly was hired after after . at the time of his departure. in May, however, the investigating commission didn't find any misuse of company funds.

According to a Best Buy press release, Joly will spend his first week at the store level working as a "Blue Shirt" in several different Twin Cities area stores.

Find out what's happening in Richfieldfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

"Best Buy is a company with an amazing history, enormous assets and great opportunities," Joly said in the release. "I am eager to start working with everybody at Best Buy to define and take the actions that will allow us to win in the marketplace, and to be seen by all of our stakeholders as the best buy."

Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter

Find out what's happening in Richfieldfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.