Don Liu retired last month as chief legal and compliance officer of Target. However, he will remain with the company as a strategic adviser until May 2025. Courtesy photo Target's Don Liu: 4 Fortune 500 GC Posts, a Singular Focus on Opening Doors for Asian Americans
"I may not be the most talented, but I will outlast you," said Liu, a recipient of The American Lawyer's 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.
October 17, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Liu and his six fellow Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will be honored Nov. 13 at The American Lawyer Industry Awards.
- Liu was born in Seoul and immigrated to the United States when he was 10.
- As a teenager, Liu knew he wanted to become a lawyer, but the lack of people who looked like him in the field left him feeling lonely and awkward.
Don Liu, who was born in South Korea in 1962 and immigrated with his family to the United States a decade later, retired last month as chief legal and compliance officer of Target, one of the largest companies in the world, a career ascent that almost seems to bewilder Liu.
"I'm just a poor immigrant boy who [when I] grew up … I never imagined I would wind up being the chief legal officer of a Fortune 50 company," he said. "I didn't even know what that was when I started my career. I'm just a lucky guy."
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