Kevin Turner’s 11-year stint as Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer (CEO) is about to come to an end. He was handling Microsoft’s enormous sales operations.Kevin .He would now be joining Citadel Securities as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Microsoft, Turner spent nearly 20 years at Wal-Mart Stores, where he rose through the ranks and was the youngest corporate officer ever at age 29.
- Kevin is a world-class business builder with experience managing large and complex organizations. He will be an outstanding leader for Citadel Securities.
- He also held various leadership positions at Wal-Mart, including Chief Information Officer for Wal-Mart Stores. He had also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of SAM’S CLUB, a division of Wal-Mart Stores.
- Turner has a successful track record across diverse disciplines. At Microsoft, he led a team of more than 51,000 employees in 191 countries. Turner was the driving force behind the sales and marketing efforts of Office 365 and the widespread customer adoption of Azure cloud.
- Turner’s leadership resulted in the highest customer satisfaction scores in company history and more than $90 billion in revenues for Microsoft in 2015.
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