The 43-year-old Galli (pronounced GAL-eye) has painted visions of greatness before, but they have fizzled out.
Galli plans to pick up shelf space overseas by following Wal-Mart wherever it goes.
"Bob Tillman is one of the most underrated leaders in American business, " says Joseph Galli Jr.
Each time, Galli would glare at the Penn State coach as he walked off the mat.
Galli smiled as he listened: real brands, real factories, 48, 000 employees and seven corporate jets.
Galli sold VerticalNet's largest asset, a broker of electronics components, to focus solely on software.
And Amazon's prospects were fading, its stock off 40% 12 months after Galli joined.
Meanwhile Galli was being wooed by Kleiner Perkins venture star John Doerr to join Amazon.
Galli started his tenure with a three-month tour of the world and met every manager he could.
Galli denies he carries a chip on his shoulder, but it has been there from the start.
At Rubbermaid a clean sweep is being made by new chief David Klatt, 37, a longtime Galli pal.
But Galli wanted to succeed Nolan Archibald as chief executive sooner than Archibald was ready to step aside.
One month into the job, at an executive conclave in Florida, Galli held forth with a 90-minute strategy speech.
"We're going to double Europe in three years instead of atrophying for five years, as we have, " says Galli.
Galli met for the first time in July with Carrefour's CEO, Daniel Bernard.
Joe Galli feels as if he has come home again, walking the stores.
"I think resin going up was a blessing for the company, " says Galli.
Swiss police will release a statement after Polanski has been transferred, Galli said.
Bezos became more involved at staff meetings that Galli had once led solo.
On a trip to Germany, Galli got a call on his cell phone from a recruiter pitching the Newell job.
Galli blocked off his calendar for the first three months to travel the world and meet every manager he could.
In 2001 Joseph Galli swooped in as chief executive of housewares conglomerate Newell Rubbermaid with big plans for the top line.
If anybody can add sizzle to this unprestigious product line, it's Galli.
Galli renegotiated his options package, but the end came before it mattered.
Relations soured between the two, and Galli was fired in April 1999.
It irked Galli that a Rubbermaid purchasing manager had a cozy friendship with a supplier of manufacturing tools for its factory in Wooster.
Galli couldn't believe that his plant manager in Slupsk, Poland, was paying less for resin than the home office team in Wooster, Ohio.
It irked Galli that a Rubbermaid purchasing manager had a cozy friendship with a supplier of manufacturing tools for its factory in Wooster, Ohio.
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