When Ashley Buchanan accepted a lucrative offer to be Kohl's CEO in January, the company's chairman lauded him as "the ideal candidate." Less than four months later, Buchanan was unceremoniously fired by the Kohl's board of directors.

Kohl’s canned its newly hired chief executive after an investigation showed he had cut a “highly unusal” business deal with a woman who had been his romantic partner, according to a

Kohl's CEO Ashley Buchanan was fired over alleged "inappropriate" deals involving a former romantic partner. While the company didn't name her, the Wall Street Journal identified her as Chandra Holt.