Awards & Recognition
★Mass Market Retailers (MMR) 2010 Merchant of the Year
★Nashville Business Journal Most Admired CEO (2021)
★Company received Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies (2020, 2022) under his leadership
★MMR Retailer of the Year (2019, 2020) under his leadership
Notable Facts
→CEO of Dollar General (Fortune 500 #112) with over 157,000 employees and 17,000+ stores
→Served as CEO from 2015-2022, retired, then returned in October 2023
→Doubled Dollar General's market cap to ~$58B during initial tenure
→Board member at KeyCorp since 2020
→Member of Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) board
→Has Wikipedia page documenting his career
→40+ years retail career experience including Longs Drug Stores, Phar-Mor