International Directory of Business Biographies


Lawrence R. Johnston Biography

Chairman and chief executive officer, Albertsons

Nationality: American.

Born: 1949, in New York.

Education: Stetson University, BBA, 1972.

Career: General Electric (GE), 1972, management trainee; 1972–1978, retail-sales management in GE Appliances (GEA); 1979–1983, marketing manager; 1983–1989, merchandising manager for Washington, D.C., then Cleveland, Ohio, regions, then manager of GEA's Eastern Sales and Distribution, president of International GE Puerto Rico, general manager of Domestic Sales Operations; 1989–1997, vice president of sales and distribution for...

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