Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams is on the hunt for a CEO. The Taylorsville, North Carolina–based home furnishings company is expanding, and, on the eve of its 30th anniversary, is seeking a new leader. “We recognized we needed to add to our senior executive bench strength and [I] decided [I] would like to have someone on the team that could really take over most of the day-to-day decision making,” says Mitchell Gold, chairman and CEO, who co-founded the company with Bob Williams, president of design, in 1989.
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Gold, who will continue in his role as chairman following the new hire, says the team’s ideal candidate is “someone who has a style sense/taste level in sync with Mitchell and Bob; proven experience and expertise with the financials of building a retail business; proven experience and expertise in building a retail chain of prestige stores—does not have to be home furnishings but would be helpful—and someone who fits into our nurturing culture.”
That company culture includes perks like its not-for-profit, education-based daycare center, a health-focused, reduced-cost on-site cafe, health fairs, and college scholarships for children of employees. The Stephens Group, a family-owned investment firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas, has backed Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams since 2014.
“With our 30th anniversary approaching, 33 retail stores, close to a million square feet of manufacturing and distribution, a robust contract, office supply and other retail store businesses, we thought this would be a good time,” says Gold.
The global executive search and leadership advisory firm Spencer Stuart has been hired to run the search.