Kohl's CEO Michelle Gass has struggled to get the retailer back to sustained growth since 2018. But Levi Strauss & Co. chief executive Chip Bergh isn't bothered by the inability of his soon-to-be successor to turn the company around.
Gass, who joined Kohl's in 2013, is leaving the department store chain on Dec. 2 to serve as LS&Co. president in early 2023, reporting to Bergh until he hands over the reins sometime in the 18 months after she starts. (Levi’s former brand president, Jennifer Sey, was seen as a likely successor to Bergh but quit earlier this year after she became increasingly outspoken on social media about school closings during the pandemic.)
