New DEED commissioner and former Google executive wants to encourage innovation in Minnesota Steve Grove s goals include encouraging innovation and addressing economic inequalities. March 24, 2019 2:21pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Steve Grove is a collaborative kind of guy. Even the Minnesota state tattoo on his rib cage was a group effort.
His dad, brother and brother-in-law sport the same one. I never thought I d get a tattoo. But doing it with your family? It s a special bond, he said.
Grove a former Google executive who s now head of Minnesota s Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) grew up as the oldest of four kids in Northfield. The 41-year-old ran track and worked summers at his dad s landscaping business.