John Francis Geisse was an American businessman. He founded three successful retail chains: Target Discount Stores, Venture Stores, and The Wholesale Club.

Target Corporation is an American retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and hypermarkets, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the United States, and a component of the S&P 500 Index. The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States.