POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I,
Richard M. Schulze, hereby constitute and appoint Joseph
M. Joyce, Nancy J. Wigchers, Mark Geldernick, and
Joseph W. Wirth and each of them, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with
full powers of substitution and resubstitution for me
and in my name, place and stead, to sign any reports
on Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership
of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes
in Beneficial Ownership) relating to transactions by me
in Common Stock or other securities of Best Buy Co., Inc.,
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to
all intents and purposes as I might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or
their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall be
effective until such time as I deliver a written
revocation thereof to my above-named attorneys-in-fact
and agents.



Dated:  August 26, 2002		    /s/ Richard M. Schulze
					Richard M. Schulze