
	Schriesheim was named as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sears Holdings in August 2011. According to the company issued release, Schriesheim joined CEO Louis D&#39;Ambrosio to help navigate Sears through a corporate transformation.[7] Sears Holdings is the fourth largest broadline retailer in the United States operating through 4,000 Sears and Kmart stores with total revenues of $43 billion and approximately 300,000 employees. Sears Holdings was formed in 2005 through the merger of Kmart and Sears engineered by billionaire investor and financier Edward Lampert who serves as chairman of Sears Holdings.

	Schriesheim graduated from Princeton University with a degree in chemistry and from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with an MBA.[4] [5] He also graduated from the Pingry School, a college preparatory school in New Jersey, in 1978
