Technology has changed a lot over the past half century, and so has Best Buy.
Fifty years ago today, Dick Schulze opened a small store called Sound of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota, that sold stereos, speakers, vinyl records and other products related to music. Little did he know that it would become Best Buy, a nearly $40 billion company that now sells everything from TVs and laptops to drones and virtual-reality headsets.
As we celebrate Best Buy’s 50th anniversary, we sat down with founder and Chairman Emeritus Dick Schulze and current Chairman and CEO Hubert Joly to talk about how we got to where we are today and get a glimpse into where we’re going next.