Wolverine names Richie Woodworth President of Lifestyle

By

Obi Anyanwu

Published
Nov 19, 2015

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. announced Wednesday the appointment of Richie Woodworth as President of the company’s Lifestyle Group, which includes Sperry, Stride Rite, Keds and Hush Puppies. The appointment is effective January 3, 2016.

Woodworth has extensive experience in the industry. Most recently he was the President of Saucony, a Wolverine brand, since 2006. Prior to that he held executive roles at Tommy Hilfiger and Reebok's Greg Norman brand.

In his new role, Woodworth will directly report to Blake Krueger and replace Andy Simister, who is leaving the company to return to the United Kingdom for personal reasons.

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