Leadership Bios
Shari Ballard is leading a charge to change the way Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services, does business. She recognizes that the best insights to grow the company don’t come from big titles at the top of an organization chart and she wants every employee to have a chance to make their mark at Best Buy.
Brian Dunn is 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. Dunn became Best Buy’s CEO on June 24, 2009.
Jim Muehlbauer is executive vice president — finance and chief financial officer for Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services with approximately 1,300 store locations across the United States, throughout Canada and in China.
As executive vice president of Emerging Business for Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services, Kal Patel leads the company’s efforts to initiate, incubate and implement global growth opportunities while increasing the enterprise’s capabilities for innovation. He also focuses on building relationships with venture capitalists to enable Best Buy to learn from the experiences of others and quickly adapt best practices to advance the company’s business objectives.
John Pershing is executive vice president of human capital for Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services. In this role, Pershing oversees the recruiting, training, employee relations and employee development for approximately 140,000 employees at Best Buy’s operations around the world.
