date:Jul 31, 2013
Over the past 39 years, Toshifumi Suzuki has expanded 7-Eleven to 50,000 outlets, more than any other retail chain. Now, at the age of 80, he says he has no interest in retiring. Hes got too much work to do.
Im not thinking about it at all yet, said Suzuki, chief executive of Japans Seven I Holdings Co., global owner of the home of the Slurpee.
High on Suzukis to-do list is a renewed focus on the U.S., where the chain was founded 86 years ago when a Dallas ice maker began selling eggs, bre