J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler’s most famous accomplishment at Apple was helping Steve Jobs and Ron Johnson design Apple’s retail stores. Today it was revealed in Apple’s SEC filing that Drexler plans to retire from Apple’s eight-person board of directors on March 10. A replacement has not been named.
“On January 16, 2015, Millard “Mickey” Drexler, 70, who has served on the Board since 1999, notified the Board of his intention to retire at the end of his current term, which will expire at the Annual Meeting,” according to Apple’s proxy statement for 2014. “The Board has not yet nominated an individual to fill the vacancy that will be created by Mr. Drexler’s departure from the Board.”
Not only did Drexler take part in Apple’s incredible growth over the last 15 years, but he’s also credited with turning Gap and J.Crew into household names. One of the crazier stories from his time at Apple was when he revealed that Steve Jobs wanted to make an ‘iCar’ before he died.
Before retiring last year, Bill Campbell had served the longest on Apple’s board with 17 years under his belt. He was replaced with Susan Wagner of BlackRock.
