Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 29, 2002
CHRISTIAN W. E. HAUB is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
(A&P), the Montvale, New Jersey-based operator of more than 700
supermarkets in 15 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada.
Mr. Haub joined the company in 1991, when he was elected Vice President,
Development and Strategic Planning and a member of the Board of
Directors. In December 1993, he was elected President and Chief
Operating Officer, and was additionally named co-Chief Executive Officer
in April 1997. In May 1998, Mr. Haub was elected President and Chief
Executive Officer. He was elected Chairman of the Board in April 2001,
and assumed that office on May 1. Prior to joining A&P, Mr. Haub spent
two years at Dillon, Read & Co., a private investment bank based in New
York, and one year at Global Reach, Inc., a strategic and financial
advisory firm also with headquarters in New York. Mr. Haub is a partner
of The Tengelmann Group, Muelheim, Germany, one of the world's largest
food retailing companies and the majority shareholder of The Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. Mr. Haub is a graduate of the
University of Economics, Vienna, Austria, with a Master's degree in
Social and Economic Sciences. Profile
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Mr. Haub: A&P is one of the oldest food retail companies in North
America, founded in 1859. Our annual sales
