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George Dayton [Target]
The Headstones & Microphones Podcast: Founder Stories · 2026-05-31 · 13 min
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In 1902, banker and real estate investor George Draper Dayton founded the Dayton Dry Goods Company in Minneapolis, a high-quality regional department store that laid the corporate and ethical foundation for what would eventually launch as the Target discount chain in 1962