Speaker Details
Brian Dunn
CEO, Best Buy Co., Inc.
Brian Dunn is the chief executive officer of Best Buy Co., Inc., an innovative growth company with a portfolio of retail and service brands that empowers its employees to provide customers around the world with superior experiences by responding to their unique needs and aspirations. He assumed the role of Best Buy CEO on June 24, 2009.
Dunn started with Best Buy in 1985 as a sales associate when the company operated just a dozen stores. In 1989 he became a store manager and in 1990 a district manager in Minnesota. He was promoted to regional manager for Ohio, Indianapolis and Philadelphia stores in 1996, and in May, 1998 he became regional vice president of the northeastern region, leading Best Buys entry into that market. He was promoted to senior vice president of Division 3 Retail Sales in March 2000, which encompassed all of Best Buys East Coast operations. He was named Executive Vice President of U.S. Retail in 2002, and President of Retail, North America, in 2004. He was named president and chief operating officer of Best Buy in 2006.
Dunns multi-level career has equipped him with a special contextual understanding of how a company lives and breathes. In June 2006, Dunn was elected to bring this unique perspective to Dicks Sporting Goods as a member of the companys Board of Directors.
