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josephcooney
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Why Not All Earnings Are Equal; Microsoft Has the ...
Not surprising. In 2005 they hired wal-mart's COO.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-04Tur...
Edit: (or to be more pedantic, they hired Kevin Turner, a Wal-Mart executive to be their COO)
danssig
on May 9, 2011
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Kevin Turner was the CEO of Sam's Club. CIO before that.
josephcooney
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Sam's club is a subsidiary of wal-mart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%27s_Club
He was also executive vice president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
danssig
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Yes, sorry that wasn't clear. I meant he was Walmart CIO, then Sam's CEO.
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Edit: (or to be more pedantic, they hired Kevin Turner, a Wal-Mart executive to be their COO)