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title: "Star Tribune: Great Clips CEO to Step Down at End of 2017"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b4ec1c6f-c142-4b2d-bc23-6a732bcf85ff
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/star-tribune-great-clips-ceo-to-step-down-at-end-of-2017-9474
category: "Hair & salon suites"
industry: "Beauty & Wellness"
segment: "Hair & salon suites"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2017-01-20T19:14:38.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:11:32.137Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/5aaa37860ec11688ce60b665a806f8751529.jpg
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# Star Tribune: Great Clips CEO to Step Down at End of 2017

**TL;DR:** Great Clips CEO Rhoda Olsen will step down at the end of 2017 and transition to vice chairwoman, with Steve Hockett becoming CEO and Rob Goggins becoming president. During Olsen's tenure, Great Clips grew from 1,000 salons in 1998 to over 4,000 in 2016.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/star-tribune-great-clips-ceo-to-step-down-at-end-of-2017-9474).*

## Story

After more than six years as the CEO of Great Clips , Rhoda Olsen has announced that at the end of 2017, she will give up her title and transition to vice chairwoman of the hair salon company. Great Clips’ current president, Steve Hockett, will become CEO. Chief Operating Officer Rob Goggins, in turn, will become president.

Olsen, who is now 64, joined Great Clips in 1984. By 1987, she had climbed her way up to executive and part owner. In 1998, she became president, and by 2011, she was leading the charge as the brand’s CEO. During that time, Great Clips went through some remarkable changes, too—and it’s no coincidence. Under Olsen’s watch, the brand grew from 1,000 salons in 1998 to more than 3,800 in 2015. In summer 2016, Great Clips celebrated the opening of its 4,000th salon (today there are 4,091) and recorded its 49th consecutive quarter of same-store sales growth.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Beauty & Wellness (sector)
- leadership change (topic)
- Great Clips (company)
- Steve Hockett (person)
- Rob Goggins (person)
- ceo transition (topic)
- salon expansion (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/star-tribune-great-clips-ceo-to-step-down-at-end-of-2017-9474). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b4ec1c6f-c142-4b2d-bc23-6a732bcf85ff).