B. Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner
Kevin Turner speaking at the 2016 Milken Institute in Los Angeles, California
Born	Brian Kevin Turner April 3, 1965 (1965-04-03) (age 53) Oklahoma, United States
Alma mater	East Central University
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Executive roles at Walmart, Microsoft and Citadel LLC
Board member of	Albertsons and Nordstrom
Spouse(s)	Shelley Turner
Children	3

B. Kevin Turner (born April 3, 1965) is an American businessman known for his executive leadership roles at Walmart, Microsoft and Citadel LLC. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Albertsons and a member of the Board of Directors at Nordstrom. Turner was previously the Vice Chairman of Citadel LLC and the Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Securities. From 2005 to 2016, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft. Prior to joining Microsoft, Turner spent nearly two decades at Walmart where he worked his way up from a cashier to Chief Information Officer and later President and CEO of the Walmart-owned retailer, Sam's Club.

In 1987, Turner earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. During his college years, he worked full-time as a cashier at Walmart.

Turner worked nearly 20 years at Walmart. He began working as a cashier at Walmart in 1985 in his hometown of Ada, Oklahoma. While attending college, he rose through the store ranks, to customer service manager, housewares department manager and head office cashier. After several promotions, Turner found himself in the auditing department, where the reports he wrote caught the eye of founder Sam Walton. On Walton’s advice, Turner joined the company's information systems division, where he worked his way through a succession of jobs: business analyst, strategy manager, director, Assistant CIO and then CIO. In 1995, at the age of 29, Turner became the youngest Corporate Vice President and Officer ever named at Walmart. In February 2000, Turner became the Chief Information Officer of Walmart at the age of 34, when former Walmart CIO Randy Mott departed for Dell. As the CIO of Walmart, Turner oversaw Walmart's information technology and worldwide data-tracking system. The division consisted of over 2,000 employees in Bentonville, Arkansas. As CIO, Turner led a team that developed retail-specific applications such as (Retail Link) at Walmart to achieve complete inventory and supply chain transparency.