
In the Bottom 5% of 1339 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
6th place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably
Mr. Mark Gross has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of SUPERVALU Inc. since February 28, 2016. Mr. Gross served as Co-President of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., from August 2005 to April 2006. Mr. Gross served as Chief Financial Officer of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. since 2001, Executive Vice President and General Counsel since 1997 and President of Retail Operations since 2003 and also served as its Secretary and President of Gu/ Southern Family Markets until April 2006. He has 20 years of grocery and wholesale leadership experience. From 1997 to 2006, Mr. Gross worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers. For the past decade, Mr. Gross has led Surry Investment Advisors, a firm he founded, to provide consulting services to grocery distributors and retailers with respect to strategic and operational matters. In this advisory role, he has assisted grocery clients on several multi-billion dollar acquisitions and divestitures and consulted with private equity firms with respect to investments in food retail, distribution and consumer packaged goods sectors. Mr. Gross began his career as an Analyst at a New York commercial bank. Prior to joining C&S, Mr. Gross served as an Attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York City. While at Skadden, he handled mergers, acquisitions, financings, workouts and restructurings. In 1997, after several assignments for C&S, he joined C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Food Industry Alliance of New York. He has been a Director of SUPERVALU Inc. since March 1, 2016. He also serves on the board of the Monadnock Waldorf School, a local private school. He served as Director of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. until April 2006. Mr. Gross earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Cum Laude and holds a BA from Dartmouth College, where he graduated with the highest honors in his major.
The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at SUPERVALU.
Based on 49 ratings, Mark Gross ranks right below KeHE Distributors' CEO, Deb Conklin.
SUPERVALU's CEO is highly regarded by employees with 1 to 3 Years experience, the Product department, and Female employees. However, employees with Over 10 Years experience, the Operations department, and Male employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.
SUPERVALU ranks in the Bottom 5% of other companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees for CEO Rating Score.
