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Bruce Dayton was born on 16 August, 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., is an American businessman. Discover Bruce Dayton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?

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Age 97 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 16 August 1918
Birthday 16 August
Birthplace Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Date of death 2015
Died Place Orono, Minnesota
Nationality United States

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1902

He was the Grandson of George Draper Dayton, who had founded the Dayton Company, a Minneapolis department store established in 1902.

His mother was the former Grace Bliss, while his father, George Nelson Dayton, was the President and Chairman of Dayton Company.

1918

Bruce Bliss Dayton (August 16, 1918 – November 13, 2015) was an American retail executive, businessman, heir to the Dayton's Company fortune, and philanthropist.

Dayton was the last surviving member of the five Dayton brothers – all grandsons of George Dayton, the founder of The Dayton Company – who expanded Dayton's department store founded by their grandfather in downtown Minneapolis from a single location into the national Target Corporation, one of the largest retail store chains in the United States.

Dayton was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 16, 1918, as the second oldest of five brothers.

1940

Dayton received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1940.

He started working at the Dayton Company, the family’s retail company, in 1940 in the merchandise receiving room.

Dayton became the company's treasurer in 1940.

1945

He then served in the United States Army during World War II and arrived in France on May 10, 1945, just two days after V-E Day.

1950

Upon the death of their father George Nelson Dayton in 1950, the five Dayton brothers inherited the Dayton Co., the upscale department store, founded by their grandfather.

1962

The brothers opened the first Target in 1962 as a discount retailer.

Together, the brothers, would expand both into national retail chains.

1966

He also founded the B. Dalton Bookseller in 1966.

He named the bookstore chain after himself, replacing the Y in his surname with an L. At its height, B. Dalton was the largest retailer of hardcover books in the U.S., with 798 locations.

Dayton was the father of Governor and U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Mark Dayton.

Dayton was a Republican donor.

1967

In 1967, the Dayton Co. went public with its initial public offering.

1969

Bruce Dayton succeeded his brother, Donald Dayton, as Dayton Co.'s president and CEO in 1969.

The Dayton Company merged with J.L. Hudson Co., a retail store headquartered in Detroit in 1969, to form the Dayton Hudson Corporation.

Bruce Dayton, described as the more "financially-oriented" brother, oversaw the company with a focus on profits and the bottom line.

1970

Dayton served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Dayton Hudson Corporation, the company now known as the Target Corporation, before becoming the chairman of Dayton Hudson from 1970 to 1977.

Bruce Dayton became the Dayton Hudson Corporation's chairman in 1970.

His brother, Kenneth N. Dayton, succeeded Bruce Dayton as the company's CEO.

1975

In 1975, their Target store chain surpassed Dayton Hudson's more traditional departments stores as the company's top revenue earner.

1977

Bruce Dayton left the management of the company in 1977 but remained on the board of directors until 1983.

1983

In 1983, Bruce Dayton and his brother, CEO Kenneth N. Dayton, both retired from the company's board of directors, ending the 80-year day-to-day direct ownership by the Dayton family.

The company, which changed its name to the Target Corporation, is no longer owned or operated by the Dayton family.

Bruce Dayton continued his work in philanthropy after stepping down from Dayton Hudson in 1983.

He served as a trustee of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) for 73 years and donated more than $80 million to the museum.

1986

The Dayton Hudson Corporation sold B. Dalton, the bookstore chain founded by Bruce Dayton, to Barnes & Noble in 1986 for an estimated $275 million.

2009

In 2009, The New York Times referred to Bruce Dayton as "a dean of American corporate arts philanthropy."

2015

Bruce Dayton died at his home in Orono, Minnesota, on November 13, 2015, at the age of 97.

He was survived by his wife, Ruth Stricker Dayton; two sons, Governor of Minnesota Mark Dayton and Brandt Dayton; two daughters, Lucy Dayton (Mark O'Keefe) and Anne Dayton; two step-children.

The governor's office said Bruce Dayton "is survived by his wife, Ruth Stricker Dayton; his four children, Mark Dayton, Brandt Dayton (Tian), Lucy Dayton (Mark O'Keefe), and Anne Dayton; two step-children, Kim Griffin (Robert) and Mark Stricker; eleven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren."