Brad D. Smith

Smith at Web Summit in 2014

Brad D. Smith is an American businessman who serves as the president, chief executive officer, and chairman of Intuit and the chairman of Nordstrom.[1] In August 2018, Smith announced that he would step down as Intuit's CEO at the end of 2018, while staying on as the company's executive board chairman.[2]

Early life and education

Smith was born in Huntington, West Virginia, and grew up in the nearby town of Kenova. He attended Ceredo-Kenova High School and was an active part of his school's athletic department. He played football until his sophomore year when he decided to begin studying martial arts. As a senior, earned his black belt. Smith has noted that his martial arts practice continues to impact his leadership to this day.[3]

Smith spent one semester at the United States Military Academy at West Point before enrolling in Marshall University.[4] In 1986, Smith received a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing.[4]

Smith earned his master's degree in management from Aquinas College in Michigan.[4]

Career

He was a senior vice president of marketing and business development at ADP, LLC. Smith also held various sales, marketing and general management positions with Pepsi, Seven-Up and ADVO, Inc.

Smith joined Intuit in February 2003 as the vice president and general manager of Intuit's Accountant Central and Developer Network in Plano, Texas. He led the company's Consumer Tax Group in San Diego from March 2004 through May 2005. Appointed to the senior vice president and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Division in May 2006, Smith was responsible for the company's small business division which included the portfolio of QuickBooks, Quicken and Payroll products. Smith became Intuit's president and chief executive officer in January 2008.[5] In August 2018, Smith announced that he would step down as Intuit's CEO at the end of 2018, while staying on as the company's executive board chairman.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Nordstrom, Inc., Announces Brad Smith As Chairman Of Board Of Directors". MarketWatch. August 29, 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Novet, Jordan (August 23, 2018). "Brad Smith will step down as Intuit CEO at end of year". CNBC. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mr. Smith Goes to Silicon Valley | Articles | Issue 91 | Huntington Quarterly". www.huntingtonquarterly.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  4. 1 2 3 Jack Houvouras, Mr. Smith Goes to Silicon Valley, Huntington Quarterly (Issue 91).
  5. ↑ http://about.intuit.com/about_intuit/executives/brad_smith.jsp. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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