Microsoft Shops at Wal-Mart for an Operating Chief - New York Times

Microsoft Shops at Wal-Mart for an Operating Chief - New York Times: "The executive, Kevin Turner, 40, had a 19-year career at Wal-Mart, where he rose quickly through the management ranks to become the retailer's chief information officer and, most recently, the chief executive of Sam's Club, the company's warehouse club division.
The post of chief operating officer at Microsoft has proved daunting over the years, lucrative yet precarious. The real power at Microsoft resides with its longtime leaders - Bill Gates, the co-founder and chairman, and Steven A. Ballmer, the chief executive."

He'll be doing better than average for Microsoft hires at this level if he lasts two years...