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Jul, 2016 : Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner has Left the Company
📅 - Kevin Turner, the COO of Microsoft, has decided to leave the company. He was in charge of the global sales and marketing and was with the company for 11 years. Mr. Turner plans to join Citadel Securities as the CEO.
Microsoft plans to split the workload of Mr. Turner among five executives. This includes the 50,000 employees he was in charge of across the globe. Before working for Microsoft, Mr. Turner was a CEO of Sam's Club.
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